Japan News Articles May 13 - May 19

• AFP: Japanese switched-at-birth tale moves Cannes

• Japan’s Child Kidnapping Problem - The Daily Beast

• Youngsters rally in Tokyo to call attention to their poverty - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's clubbing crackdown: don't stop the dance | Lanre Bakare | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

• Timeline of Japanese Gov’s Turn To Nationalism | Asia News – Politics, Media, Education | Asian Correspondent

• The other costs of concrete

• Japan and Abenomics: Once more with feeling | The Economist

• Agonizing family choice in Japanese film at Cannes festival | Reuters

• Ishihara: Japan fought war in self-defense - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• N. Korea fires short-range missiles into Sea of Japan - KOREAN PENINSULA - FRANCE 24

• The ghouls who played on the Japanese mind

• Hashimoto to ask overseas media for correct reporting - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe Unveils Plan for Exports and Investment - NYTimes.com

• N Korea short range missile test - ITV News

• Japan Is Back | Foreign Affairs

• Japan: Abe’s master plan | The Economist

• Japan PM sets targets in latest growth strategy tranche | Reuters

• More controversy for Japan party over sex comments

• As Yen Falls, Goods From Japan Are More Affordable - Page 1

• Japanese mayor's sex slaves comments condemned by US | World news | guardian.co.uk

• China questions Japan rule over Okinawa - Houston Chronicle

• Japan: Is Abenomics working? - May. 15, 2013

• Hoe Japan steeds meer op een verzameling spooksteden gaat lijken

• Nieuws.nl - Lessen kernramp Fukushima 'vergeten'

• Is Japan struggling with its wartime past?

• Japan’s Economy Growing at 3.5% Annualized Rate - NYTimes.com

• Hashimoto stays in the hot seat

• Economie Japan groeit fors: opsteker voor premier Shinzo Abe - Finance - Nieuws - Trends.be

• Japan speelt hoog spel met rigoureuze 'Abenomics' - BNR Nieuwsradio

• Abe throws full support behind Murayama statement - The Japan News

• Japanse economie groeit sterker dan verwacht

• BBC News - Japan PM Abe 'would meet' N Korea leader Kim over abductions

• An Unapologetic Abe Roiling Relations With China, Korea, And The U.S. - Forbes

• NRA to suspend Monju work - The Japan News

• Toru Hashimoto Defended Use of Japanese 'Comfort Women' - NYTimes.com

• Tobias Harris: Shinzo Abe's Constitution Quest - WSJ.com

• Japan uit recessie dankzij abenomics? | Radio1

• Tokyo estimates giant quake would kill 1,774 islanders, liquefy huge area of central capital - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Shinzo Abe and Dangerous World War II Revisionism - US News & World Report

• Japanese Envoy Makes Unannounced Visit to N. Korea

• Google Glass may shatter Japan's 'manner' mode - The Japan Times

• Nationalism will undermine Japan - The Japan Times

• Weak yen no respite for ailing electronics trio - The Japan Times

• Abe cautious on creating new war memorial as Yasukuni substitute - The Japan Times

• Japan’s electronics giants still bleeding | ArabNews

• Weak yen a boon for investors, not Japan: James Saft | Reuters

• Japan's Dancing Ban hits Tokyo: Reactions ensue | Stonewall AJET

• Is Dancing Illegal In Japan? | Tofugu

• Japan: no dancing please - Time Out Tokyo

• Belgian Beer Weekend 2013 - Yamashita Koen - Time Out Tokyo

• Hashimoto takes flak for sex slave rationale - The Japan Times

• Hedge Fund Manager Loeb Targets Sony for a Breakup - NYTimes.com

• Is dansen verboden in Japan? | Radio1

• Interpretations of Japan's wartime history causing rift in ruling LDP - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• AFP: Japan's Sharp posts record annual loss

• Japanese mayor says second world war 'comfort women' were necessary

• 'Japanse troostvrouwen in WOII waren noodzakelijk' - De Standaard Mobile

• Mayor in Japan Says ‘Comfort Women’ Played a Useful Role - NYTimes.com

• BBC News - Japan WWII 'comfort women' were 'necessary' - Hashimoto

• Foreign managers make their mark in Japan - SFGate

• Will 'Abenomics' be enough to fix Japan's malaise? - The Nation

• Police, media must consider plight of those caught in linguistic dragnet - The Japan Times

• Hashimoto says ‘comfort women’ were necessary part of war - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Haruki Murakami: I live an ordinary life - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Michelin for the masses: Japan's standing restaurants head for New York

• Japan PM Abe “Warned” For Drifting To the Right

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