Japan News Articles June 17 - June 23

• Japan’s ruling party reportedly makes big gains in closely watched Tokyo election - The Washington Post

• LDP, Komeito secure majority in Tokyo metropolitan assembly - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan: Voting starts in closely watched Tokyo elections-World News - IBNLive Mobile

• Japan plans determined defence of whaling case | smh.com.au

• Storage, disposal facilities for nuclear waste urgently needed in post-Fukushima Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan: Voting starts in closely watched Tokyo elections

• The lost world of Fukushima | Alex Thomson's View

• Mt Fuji: beautiful, fragile and dangerous ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Young people struggle to emerge from poverty - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Japan's Mount Fuji wins Unesco world heritage status

• Mount Fuji has long been an icon | The Japan Times

• Mount Fuji named World Heritage site | The Japan Times

• Hoogste berg van Japan staat op Werelderfgoedlijst

• Japan's Mt Fuji granted World Heritage status - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan's Mt. Fuji gets World Heritage status - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan becoming the land of the setting sun - Outside the Box - MarketWatch

• VOX POPULI: Abe's campaign statement reveals same old LDP - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanners eten walvissen (stiekem) op - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Radioactive waste to be disposed of in originating prefectures: Environment Ministry－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)

• Tôhoku: Post-Disaster Life and Business | The Diplomat

• Mt. Fuji as a place of worship - The Japan News

• Japan's Fukushima debate: How will the meltdown affect the health of residents? - CSMonitor.com

• Putting their heart into tourism | The Japan Times

• 27 judo coaches got illegal payments | The Japan Times

• CEO Ford beschuldigt Japan van manipuleren koers yen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Haags VN-hof moet bedreigde walvissen redden - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Do South Koreans really hate Japan? - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe’s Arrows of Growth Dulled by Japan’s Three Principles - Bloomberg

• In London, PM Abe Praises ‘Japan’s Keynes’ as Model - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• A Rare Sight in Japan: Commuter Train Operates while Carriage Doors Remain Open | RocketNews24

• Japan’s Condominium Market Booms Ahead of Tax Hike - MoneyBeat - WSJ

• Japan becoming the land of the setting sun - Outside the Box - MarketWatch

• Strontium in groundwater at No. 1 soars | The Japan Times

• Japan Moves Toward Restarting Nuclear Reactors - NYTimes.com

• Two Japanese historical items to be listed in UNESCO's Memory of the World - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse export neemt flink toe - Actueel financieel nieuws leest u op DFT.nl van De Telegraaf [Nieuws]

• Japan is een rampgebied aan het worden, de klap moet nog komen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Traffic lights on the blink / Many too old for use; some even collapse - The Japan News

• High Level of Radioactive Strontium Found in Groundwater Near Fukishima Plant - NYTimes.com

• VOX POPULI: Shameful selective memory regarding nuclear power issue - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tensions high as hate speech-driven anti-Korean rallies clash with counter-protests－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)

• Japan's trade deficit climbs to $10.5 billion in May - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Virtuous, vicious or just circular? Loop line to wed pair | The Japan Times

• Japan watchdog formally OKs new safety requirements at nuke plants, paves way for resumption | Fox News

• Washington Post

• Shisaku: The Rootless - A Decidedly Minor Meditation

• BRIEF: Kan hits Abe's nuclear salesmanship - Financial and Business News - MENAFN

• Japan exports expected to rise as weak yen takes hold - The Economic Times on Mobile

• A Japanese Vintner in France - NYTimes.com

• Tokyo faces aging infrastructure - The Japan News

• Abe backing away from strategy to revise Constitution - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• gulftoday.ae | Love and carriage: Japan railway offers train wedding

• In polite Japan, vulgarities rise as hate speech spreads - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• LDP policy chief criticized over Fukushima death toll comment - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tricky Ways to Pull Down a Skyscraper - NYTimes.com

• Czech Political Turmoil Derails Tokyo's Nuclear Drive - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Why workers can no longer wear their demands on their sleeves | The Japan Times

• Metropolis - Travel | Mt. Fuji: A Day-trip Climb

• Merkel says Japan PM to introduce structural reforms

• Chatting about Japan with Snowden, the NSA whistle-blower | The Japan Times

• Abe will request opposition support to amend Constitution after election | The Japan Times

• Tokyo leading race for 2020 Olympics, IOC sources say | The Japan Times

• ‘Herrijzenis van Japan is structureel’ | Het Financieele Dagblad

• Japan’s ‘Science Women’ Seek an Identity - NYTimes.com

• Abenomics will fail if Japan doesn’t address its debt problem. Here’s the crucial way forward – Quartz

• The dark side of Abenomics | The Japan Times

• Out Loud: Confronting Suicide in Japan : The New Yorker

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