Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/30/2016

• 11 Spots You Need to Visit as a Photographer in Tokyo - ONWARD

• Jumpei Yasuda: Japan believes hostage photo is genuine - BBC News

• To be a female politician in Japan, sometimes you have to put up with being groped by voters — Quartz

• Abe tells party official Japan will delay tax hike by two-and-a-half years - Yahoo Finance

• Japan parents left missing boy in woods 'as punishment' - BBC News

• Opposition demands Abe's head in event of tax-hike deferral | The Japan Times

• ​The flags of their fathers - CBS News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/29/2016

• We reizen alsmaar verder: Japan in de lift, Tunesië keldert - HLN.be

• Mystery shrouds origin of the ubiquitous V sign | The Japan Times

• 'Neighborhood Tokyo' dispels myths about the megacity | The Japan Times

• Poverty and boredom gnaw at Japan | The Japan Times

• Shooting the messenger: journalism under siege in Japan | The Japan Times

• Obama Hiroshima visit draws mixed reviews | The Japan Times

• Watertanden bij... namaakgerechten - Radar - KnackWeekend Mobile

• US military in Japan agrees to restrict troops' movements after Okinawa murder | Fox News

• Shooting the messenger: journalism under siege in Japan | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/28/2016

• EDITORIAL: After Hiroshima, Obama needs to follow up with specific actions：The Asahi Shimbun

• A-bomb victims in Nagasaki offer mixed views on visit by Obama：The Asahi Shimbun

• Bombing Hiroshima changed the world, but it didn't end WWII - LA Times

• Japan rouwt om heengaan van oudste olifant

• Americans React To Obama's Speech In Hiroshima, Japan : NPR

• President Greets Survivors at Ceremony - The New York Times

• Obama makes history, confronts past in Hiroshima | The Japan Times

• Obama Thanks Iwakuni Personnel, Talks of Bridging U.S.-Japan Differences > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Article View

• Lost in Translation: ‘Let's Drink. Get Drunk!’ Will Japan ever get the hang of English?

• The Silencing of Japan’s Free Press | Foreign Policy

• U.S. Marines briefing links crimes to 'gaijin power'; for Okinawans, 'it pays to complain' | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/27/2016

• Obama: Let’s find the courage to pursue world free of nukes：The Asahi Shimbun

• Hiroshima : « Il est inacceptable que la bombe atomique puisse encore exister sur cette terre »

• Japanese swoon over Canada's 'hunky' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau | The Japan Times

• At Hiroshima Memorial, Obama Says Nuclear Arms Require ‘Moral Revolution’ - NYTimes.com

• Économie mondiale : Le Monde.fr pour mobiles

• Barack Obama à Hiroshima : « Il y a 71 ans, la mort est tombée du ciel »

• Survivors Recount Horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - NYTimes.com

• Text of President Obama’s Speech in Hiroshima, Japan - NYTimes.com

• Obama roept in Hiroshima op tot minder kernwapens - NRC

• Terecht zal Obama in Japan geen excuses maken voor Hiroshima - Elsevier.nl

• A Japan atomic bomb survivor remembers the Nagasaki attack

• Korean Air evacuates plane at Japan's Haneda airport after engine smoke | Reuters

• Obama à Hiroshima, une visite sous le signe de « la poursuite de la paix »

• Obama's visit to Japan goes off-script for Abe - CNN.com

• Japan’s notoriously ruthless criminal justice system is getting a face lift — Quartz

• When It Comes To Fiscal Policy, Japan Is No Role Model

• PLUS | Niet geregistreerd - De Standaard Mobile

• 'Japan wil vooral dat Obama ziet hoe vreselijk een atoombom is' | NOS

• Japan Fails in Bid to Have G-7 Warn of Global Crisis Risk - Bloomberg

• Japan's Abe may delay sales tax hike by two years: media | Reuters

• Les Japonais et la mémoire brûlante de Hiroshima

• Korean Air jet catches fire at Haneda, forcing evacuation | The Japan Times

• In Hiroshima, Obama will offer a chance for reconciliation that is fraught on all sides - The Washington Post

• The Guardian view on Obama in Hiroshima: facing a nuclear past, not fixing a post-nuclear future | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian

• Here's why Obama decided to go to Hiroshima - CNNPolitics.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/26/2016

• Japan prime minister warning about 'Lehman-scale crisis'

• Legal Inside Information Used for Years in Japan Is Suddenly Taboo - Bloomberg

• Obama’s Japan Visit Starts With Apology–Although Not For Hiroshima

• Nuclear-free aims of Obama, Abe conflict with messy reality：The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan hoopt dat Obama komt om te leren - NRC

• Afwijkend gedrag in Japan loont|Lodewijk van der kroft| Telegraaf.nl

• Japanese troops 'accidentally' fire dozens of live rounds at each other in botched training exercise

• Japan's prime minister scolds Obama at the G7

• Japanese leader lashes out at Obama over 'despicable' murder case | TheHill

• G7 in Japan: concern over world leaders' tour of nationalistic shrine | World news | The Guardian

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/25/2016

• Obama's Hiroshima trip parachutes him into history disputes

  Obama's Hiroshima trip parachutes him into history disputes

• Obama arrives in Japan after 'rapping' up visit to Vietnam - Washington Times

• Justin Trudeau's First-Ever Trip To Japan As Prime Minister Of Canada | MTL Blog

• Japan's Abe visits Shinto holy site before G7 summit | Daily Mail Online

• 11 millions d’euros retirés frauduleusement en moins de 3 heures partout au Japon

• Diet passes Japan's first law to curb hate speech | The Japan Times

• Diet passes legislation to revamp Japan's criminal justice system | The Japan Times

• President Obama's balancing act during visit to Japan (+video) - CSMonitor.com

• Here’s What Happened During the First U.S. Presidential Trip to Japan | TIME

• Tectonic plate quake-trigger spots accumulating in Nankai Trough | The Japan Times

• Shikoku pilgrimage booming among foreign visitors ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/24/2016

• Robot bars and ghostly superstitions make Japan a travel experience like no other - Mirror Online

• Werkzaamheden aan Japanse kerncentrale Fukushima stilgelegd tijdens G7 - HLN.be

• Some Japanese teens in poverty have no choice but prostitution：The Asahi Shimbun

• The secret joy of being a Japanese woman (no, really) | The Japan Times

• 'Economisch beleid Japan werkt niet' - rtlz.nl

• Why are some politicians impervious to facts? | The Japan Times

• What's mine is yours: build bridges by sharing cultures | The Japan Times

• Anti-stalking law under fire after stabbing of Japanese idol singer | The Japan Times

• Japanese activist groups call on Abe to boost support for Syrian refugees | The Japan Times

• Japan ATM scam using fraudulent cards nets $12.7m - BBC News

• Japanese pop star in critical condition after knife attack by fan | World news | The Guardian

• Cool Japan or Coal Japan?

• Has Abenomics Been Good for Japan? - Bloomberg

• Prime Minister of Japan will Take G7 Leaders to the Renowned Shinto Shrine at Ise - World Religion News

• Horrific Persecution of Japan's Early Christians Revealed in New Book, 'Christ's Samurai'

• Why Japan's luxury marques pursue controversial styling | LeftLaneNews

• Security tightens in Tokyo and Mie ahead of summit | The Japan Times

• Convenience store ATM heist sees ¥1.4 billion stolen in two hours across Japan | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/22/2016

• Do Japan's porn actresses and actors have labor rights? | The Japan Times

• Japanese artist's beautiful macabre tattoos - BBC News

• 'Christ's Samurai' is an account of the days when Japan went to war with Christianity | The Japan Times

• Putin says Russia will not sell isles to Japan | The Japan Times

• Obama expected to mention 'special responsibility' U.S. bears over Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings | The Japan Times

• Whither the taxi in a withering Japan? | The Japan Times

• Wrath awaits Japanese women who shun their childbearing 'destiny' | The Japan Times

• Female idol stabbed multiple times by purported fan at event in western Tokyo: police | The Japan Times

• Shikoku's 'path less traveled' is busier than ever | The Japan Times

• President Obama's Trip To Vietnam and Japan: Five Things To Watch - ABC News

• What to expect ahead of Obama’s visit to Japan | PBS NewsHour

• Japan uses G7 to shine light on often overlooked Mie Prefecture

• apologizes over murder of Okinawa woman

  apologizes over murder of Okinawa woman

• Japan's top three insurers see Kumamoto quake payout at Y19 bil

  Japan's top three insurers see Kumamoto quake payout at Y19 bil

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/21/2016

• Japan's opposition party mocked over logo which appears to show man groping someone's rear | Daily Mail Online

• Japan Won’t Depopulate Quietly Into The Night | The Diplomat

• Japan Unveils Beautiful New Passport Design

• This New Logo for Japan’s Democratic Party Looks a Little Naughty | TIME

• OECD's chief economist urges Japan to consider alternative rollout for sales tax hike | The Japan Times

• Japan laat 150 Syriërs toe als 'uitwisselingsstudenten' - HLN.be

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/20/2016

• Hibakusha: Obama apology nice, but priority is disarmament：The Asahi Shimbun

• Rebuilding bridges | The Economist

• Japan's Democratic Party reveals new logo to cries of plagiarism and indecency | The Japan Times

• Putin may visit in December, meet Abe in Yamaguchi | The Japan Times

• Japan’s demand for seafood declines, especially among young generation: report

  Japan’s demand for seafood declines, especially among young generation: report

• Japan's Empty Bow

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