By-Bye hot summer in Japan

NRT -> AMS


AMS -> BRU

Japan News Articles July 23 - July 29

• GeenStijl : GeenStijl Muziek! Wat luisteren ze in Japan?

• Despite election win, Japan premier to face daunting tasks | Business Recorder

• Chicago Tribune - Japan's PM may rethink tax hike; could shake markets, unsettle support

• Japan PM calls for summit with S Korean leader | Business Standard

• Japan's Abe pledges to beef up Philippines maritime defences - Headlines, features, photo and videos from ecns.cn|china|news|chinanews|ecns|cns

• Exclusive: Red Hat's lethal Okinawa smokescreen | The Japan Times

• Fuji erupted 43 times in 2,000 years

• Miyazaki's Film 'The Wind Rises' Spurring Mixed Emotions - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Sumida River fireworks canceled by storm | The Japan Times

• Incredible stories that should not be forgotten | The Japan Times

• Fukushima Continues to Spew Its Darkness » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

• Japan versterkt marine uit angst voor Chinezen en Noord-Koreanen - BNR Nieuwsradio

• Waterborne radioactive levels in Fukushima plant pit unchanged from 2011 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tokyo via Matsusaka • Garin Dart: Possible Embezzlement, full story from The Times

• BBC News - Japan police detain 'haiku' killer suspect

• Recreated battleship bridge on display at Yamato Museum - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan ready to roll out the red carpet for Caroline Kennedy - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 'Japan moet marine versterken en drones inzetten' - Buitenland - TROUW

• Nieuwsblad Transport > Distributiecentrum Amazon in Japan neemt geiten in dienst

• The MOX fuel conundrum | The Japan Times

• Time to take over Daiichi? | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan military 'needs marines and drones'

• Japan wil ruzie met China uitpraten

• SoftBank CEO Son Loses Temper, Clashes With Japanese Bureaucrats - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Fukushima Decontamination and Cleanup Will Cost $50 Billion | Pacific Money | The Diplomat

• Abenomics' Next Big Test: Wages - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Tepco chief admits PR fiasco over water info | The Japan Times

• Obama Nominates Caroline Kennedy to Be Ambassador to Japan - NYTimes.com

• Reagan Lives! That’s Bad News for Japanese. - Bloomberg

• Japan PM Abe unlikely to visit Yasukuni shrine on Aug 15: Media

• Japan chills out with summertime energy-saving efforts - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s upper-house election: Redemption | The Economist

• Yakitori met een klein beetje teriyaki - nrc.nl

• Japan's DPJ debate expelling ex-PM following election disaster - WORLD - Globaltimes.cn

• Japan's DPJ debate expelling ex-PM following election disaster - WORLD - Globaltimes.cn

• DPJ in disarray, faults Kan for poll disaster | The Japan Times

• Monks come off the mountain to bring Buddhism to Tokyo - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan posts record trade deficit for first half of 2013 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Zal electorale overwinning partij eerste minister Japan tot hervormingen leiden? | MO*

• High radiation levels found near area where steam spotted at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• PHOTO: ‘Pearl Fuji’ captured in the early dawn from Yamanashi - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s Leader Urges Swift Action to Strengthen Economic Recovery - NYTimes.com

• Beklim de hoogste berg van Japan vanuit je luie stoel - nrc.nl

• Japan: Hunt on for serial killer who leaves haiku clue - Asia - World - The Independent

• Abe Cabinet approval rate drops to 56% | The Japan Times

• Abe's adviser says Japan needs 4 percent growth for sales tax hike | Reuters

• Japan Finally Sits Down at TPP Trade Pact Negotiating Table - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japanese director speaks out against constitutional amendment : International : Home

• Fukushima Watch: What's Different About the Latest Radioactive Leak Into the Sea - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Now that Abe won control of the government, the true test of Abenomics begins – Quartz

• Mind the gap! Commuters in Japan push 30,000kg train carriage off trapped woman - Asia - World - The Independent

• Opportunity and Risk in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Japan's elderly turning to crime | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

• Yacht hits Japan tsunami debris on the way to winning Transpac in Hawaii - Pacific Business News

• Immigration law guide for foreigners published by nonprofit group－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)

• Japan's future: Less sex, more shoplifting

• Japan's upper-house election: Back on top | The Economist

• Manami Okazaki: Inside New Book 'Kawaii!: The Culture of Cute' (+ Photos) - Scene Asia - WSJ

• 40 Commuters Team up to Save Woman Fallen on Train Tracks, Restore Hope in Humanity | Tokyo Desu

• Radioactief water lekte in oceaan in Japan

• Tepco now admits radioactive water entering the sea at Fukushima No. 1 | The Japan Times

• Japanse oppositie weggevaagd - De Financiële Telegraaf | Financieel nieuws leest u op DFT.nl van De Telegraaf [DFT]

• Japan Shares Climb After Abe’s Ruling Coalition Wins Elections - Businessweek

• Japan's temples, universities, hospitals haunted by yen bets | Reuters

• Abe takes calculated approach to policies, eyes 6-year rule to revise Constitution - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Oud-Tielenaar brengt boek over Japanse tatoeage uitTIEL - Geboren en getogen Tielenaar Jan van Doesb - StadTiel.nl

• Japan needs to raise sales tax next year: Finance Minister | Reuters

• LDP executive: Abandoning nuclear energy would cause 'intolerable pain' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• ELECTION ANALYSIS/ Masaki Taniguchi: Constitutional revision not necessarily a high priority for the LDP - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• TEPCO: Fukushima nuke plant radioactive water into sea likely - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• NOS.nl

• Actor-turned-anti-nuclear activist wins Upper House seat - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Utilities cheer LDP victory, nuclear opponents disappointed - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INSIGHT: Abe to push pet policies, eyes long-term reign - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• One-party rule back but Abe could blow it | The Japan Times

• DPJ crashes to another humiliating defeat | The Japan Times

• Japan Election First Look: Winners and Losers

• BBC News - Japan poll: PM Abe seeks stable government after win

• One-party rule back but Abe could blow it | The Japan Times

• Online campaigning had little impact | The Japan Times

• Japan's Abe has chance to show true colors after big election win | Reuters

• Next question for Japan investors: Can Abe deliver?

• Landslide victory for nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan election dismays China - Asia - World - The Independent

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Et encore une blague belge

A l'agence belge pour l'emploi, le graisseur de clés anglaises (blague racontée par Carlos - Les Grosses Têtes RTL)

Encore un blague belge

C'est l'histoire du Belge qui voyage un peu beaucoup (Racontée par Carlos - Les Grosses Têtes RTL)

Une autre blague belge

Une blague belge: Un Allemand, un Américain et un Belge... (Racontée par Carlos - Les Grosses Têtes RTL)

A Zen master was asked

A Zen master was asked about life after death. He answered:" I don`t know." They said: "Why don't you know? You are the master!" And he replied : "Yes, but I'm not a dead master"

Une Blague belge :)

Blague belge: 'Le viseur de piétons' (Racontée par Jean Amadou - Les Grosses Têtes):

Tofu

In the car

Japan News Articles July 15 - July 21

• Makoto Koga: Election win not mandate for constitutional revision - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ruling coalition wins Upper House in landslide; breaks Diet gridlock - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• debito.org 2013 Election Brief: The rout of Japan’s Left is complete with a crushing LDP Upper House Victory

• Abe herovert meerderheid in Japanse Hogerhuis

• Japan PM wins big in upper house vote, priorities in focus

• Ruling coalition wins majority in Upper House - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Lowest turnout of 44.5% set in 1995 - The Japan News

• Tweak the Constitution now, think later? | The Japan Times

• Japan kiest nieuw Hogerhuis - regeringspartij premier Abe favoriet - nrc.nl

• Party of Japan’s Premier Poised for Big Election Win - NYTimes.com

• Nation set for rare political continuity | The Japan Times

• Japan Inc frets PM may lose economic focus after election -Reuters poll | Reuters

• Japan Communists Campaign With Cakes, Costumes

• Washington Post

• Low wages hindering recovery | The Japan Times

• Nearly 2,000 at Fukushima No. 1 face higher thyroid cancer risk | The Japan Times

• Hogerhuisverkiezingen Japan - Regeringscoalitie verwacht meerderheid - Belga Politiek - Knack.be - Knack.be

• TEPCO now says 2,000 Fukushima workers exposed to high radiation doses - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Silver Democracy | Foreign Affairs

• LINE urged to take sex crime preventive measures | The Japan Times

• China en Japan opnieuw in de clinch om eilandengroep - De Standaard Mobile

• Nieuwe spanningen tussen China en Japan in strijd om eilandengroep - Belga Politiek - Knack.be - Knack.be

• Japan's Abe may push nationalism after election - Asia news - Boston.com

• Stoom uit reactor Fukushima-centrale - Nieuws.nl

• Japanse maffia komt met eigen glossy - Buitenland - De Morgen

• Japan's population of ghouls keeps coming back to haunt us | The Japan Times

• Japan's voters set themselves up for a disappointing result | The Japan Times

• Panel probes Monju geologic faults | The Japan Times

• Mount Fuji’s calm hides the caldron beneath - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s prime minister renews claim on disputed islands also claimed by China - The Washington Post

• Zeebrugge en belangrijkste Japanse haven gaan samenwerken - Economie - De Morgen

• BBC News - Woman sues Japan Yamaguchi-gumi crime boss Shinoda

• Japanse reus investeert in windmolenparken

• Japan Gets Net Campaign, but Not Savvy Candidates - Page 1

• Japan woman sues yakuza boss over protection money | Fox News

• Japan tells court whaling case is not a 'medieval inquisition' | Environment | guardian.co.uk

• 11 common interview questions that are actually illegal - NewsTimes

• Utility seeks to overturn reactor ban | The Japan Times

• Major temblor could trigger Fuji eruption | The Japan Times

• Kan sues Abe for 3/11 defamation | The Japan Times

• CRUCIAL VOTE/ Toru Hayano: Abe to turn more aggressive on constitutional revisions if LDP wins big in Upper House races - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• ‘Abenomics’ zal niet volstaan om Japan uit het moeras te halen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan gebruikt superschattige wegafzettingen - Autoblog.nl

• Japan utility defies order on active fault: Kyodo - MarketWatch

• Former Japan premier sues PM Abe for libel over Fukushima comments

• Japan claims fatal flaw in Australian whaling attack

• Move to nationalize 400 remote islands in the works | The Japan Times

• Japan Prepares to Vote. Not That You Would Know. - Bloomberg

• Japan mulls nationalising unclaimed islands: report | Fox News

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Sunet Time-lapse

Sunset in Yokohama. Timelapse (1334photos in 44seconds). Sunset from 5:51pm to 7:47pm

Boeing 767 Landing

From 城南島海浜公園　(Jonanjima Seaside Park)

Cat Life

The cats with the difficult life & the cat with the golden life

Japan news Articles July 8 - July 14

• Japanners maken documentaire over parachutemoord - Gva.be

• Japan and China Trade Sharp Words Over Islands - NYTimes.com

• Kono Statement: Hit-and-run Abe vandalizes 20th anniversary | The Japan Times

• Over 60 Pct Oppose Consumption Tax Hike: Jiji Poll - JIJI PRESS

• 33 Cases of Irregularities Found over New Foreign Resident Card - JIJI PRESS

• Survey: 38% of workers non-regular NHK WORLD

• More people studying Japanese | The Japan Times

• Japan’s upper-house election: Gloves off | The Economist

• Briton's letter tells of dramatic escape from 1923 Kanto quake - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Rising hate speech in Japan has even some on far right saying 'enough' - CSMonitor.com

• Nearly half of Japanese against reactor restarts, poll finds | The Japan Times

• Japan kreunt onder hitte: al tiental doden in Tokio - De aarde - De Morgen

• Hoe 7 vrouwen een Japans internetbedrijf redden | Z24 Zakelijk nieuws & ondernemers toolsZ24

• 'Abenomics' dark side: hinterland pay cuts | The Japan Times

• Japan's Internet Cafes: Home for the Underemployed - Businessweek

• Gitzwarte BMW M5 voor Japan - Nieuws.nl

• Japan's Glaring Image Gap - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan vreest voor radioactieve besmetting zeewater rond Fukushima - Gva.be

• Japan’s Economy on Road to Recovery, Central Bank Says - NYTimes.com

• Japan may soon get London-style taxis - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Au Japon, les mafieux ont leur magazine | Japon Information

• « Tuez-les ! » : le racisme anti-Coréens choque les Japonais | Japon Information

• Politicians silent on curbing hate speech | The Japan Times

• Ex-directeur kerncentrale Fukushima aan kanker overleden

• Japan officials mistakenly reveal internal memos | Fox News

• Japan nuclear regulator alarmed at Fukushima contamination reports - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Cesium soars in water under No. 1 plant | The Japan Times

• As Japan PM Abe weighs labor reform, IBM emerges as test case - chicagotribune.com

• Japan's rural voters cling to the principle of power to the countryside | World news | Guardian Weekly

• Former Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Chief Dies - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Shisaku: Unthinking On Why Abe Will Visit Yasukuni In August

• JAPON • L’ex-directeur de la centrale de Fukushima meurt d’un cancer | Courrier international

• Zware hittegolf treft Japan (oproep) - Gva.be

• BBC News - Japan nuclear companies apply to restart 10 reactors

• Japan wil defensie versterken - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Japan Says China Trying to Change Status Quo by Force - Bloomberg

• Fukushima Watch: Radioactive Cesium Levels Also Spiking in Groundwater at Nuclear Plant - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Police 'foreign crime wave' falsehoods fuel racism | The Japan Times

• World's 'toughest nuclear safety standards' take effect | The Japan Times

• 4 million studying Japanese abroad | The Japan Times

• This month's genuine pearls of fashion wisdom | The Japan Times

• Japan moves closer to restarting nuclear reactors | Environment | guardian.co.uk

• Equal-opportunity infidelity comes to Japan | The Japan Times

• Japan PM Abe seeks personal redemption in upper house election | Reuters

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Sunset - July 11

Japan News Articles July 1 - July 7

• Abe ups the ante, calls China's gas field development a 'clear violation' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan stap dichter bij herstarten kernreactoren - nrc.nl

• Japanese power firms have no plans to scrap more nuclear reactors: poll | The Japan Times

• Japan's flight attendants land new uniforms - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's growth in renewable energy dims as nuclear strives for comeback - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan housewives’ secret stash reaches record: poll - Taipei Times

• BBC News - Hikikomori: Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms?

• Japan PM's ruling bloc headed for big election win: surveys

• Dichtbij.nl - Maastrichtse kraanvogels vliegen naar Japan

• Japan's DoCoMo holds out to iPhone mania, but at what cost? - The Economic Times on Mobile

• Japan utility hires nuclear safety advocate - Asia news - Boston.com

• ABE ON FACEBOOK: Media, political critics analyze prime minister’s Facebook strategy - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• CRUCIAL VOTE: Clear divide over revising two articles of Constitution - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• FOKBLOG.nl / Weblog / Oh, Japan!: De zomerhit van Japan / FOK!weblog

• Ban Lifted, Japan’s Politicians Race Online - NYTimes.com

• What Abe Can Learn From Japan Inc.’s Mavericks - Bloomberg

• Alternatives to Mr. Abe's way | The Japan Times

• Abe camp faces little true opposition, also little mandate | The Japan Times

• Japan: Building Nuclear Safety Culture Will Take 'Long Time'

• Japan gears up for decisive election | Fox News

• Abe aside, war apology stands: Suga | The Japan Times

• Would Affirmative Action Help Women in Japan? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Shisaku: The July 21, 2013 Election - Where Are The Opposition's Economists?

• 'Captain Ichiro Ozawa' Literally Kicks Off Japan Election Campaign With TV Ad as Goalkeeper - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan's man doubts whale kill | smh.com.au

• Japan says building nuclear safety culture will take a long time

• Olympus trio avoid prison for fraud | The Japan Times

• Japan PM vows to speed up reconstruction as he kicks off election campaign in Fukushima | Fox News

• Couple climb Mt. Fuji for 14th year - The Japan News

• Bunny outfit rebuke costs Kanebo | The Japan Times

• Japan Kicks Off Key Election Campaign - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• gulftoday.ae | Bosses forced Japan woman to wear bunny ears

• Ahead of Election, LDP Heavyweight Sings the Blues - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japanse Yen glijdt verder weg « De Kritische Belegger

• Washington Post

• BBC News - Japan complains over China drill rig near disputed gas field

• Japanese men's pocket money at 30-year low

• Japan PM Abe Defends Use of Facebook - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• SFCPressPoint: Tokyo 2020 pledges that Tokyo is the

• Niigata governor opposes nuke plant restarts, criticizes TEPCO - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• As Senkaku isles row deepens, Beijing circles Aug. 15 on calendar - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Party Leaders Debate Ahead of July 21 Vote - ABC News

• Suspended Sentences in Olympus Accounting Fraud Case - NYTimes.com

• Bizarre Japanse monetaire politiek is gedoemd om te mislukken - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Man nears half-century on Japan death row | Fox News

• Japanese flag to return home 68 years after Battle of Okinawa - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Japan has good reason to worry about U.S. bugging - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan two-party politics in doubt as drubbing of Democrats looms

• 'Japan brengt walvisstand niet in gevaar' - Buitenland - TROUW

• Japan Nears Switching on Reactors After Tepco’s Meltdown: Energy - Bloomberg

• Japan attacks Australian role in whaling 'moral crusade'

• Washington Post

• Japan verdedigt walvisvangst bij ICJ - Nederlands Dagblad

• OESO: Japan, VS, VK zien zwaarste keuzes bij terugdringen schuld | RTL | Volg het nieuws terwijl het gebeurt

• Japan Stocks Rise for Fourth Day as Yen Weakens; Tepco Surges - Businessweek

• Photos: Opening of Mount Fuji Climbing Season - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Summers in Japan becoming intolerable ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Department stores in Ginza transforming - The Japan News

• Scroll in British Museum shows humorous side of Perry's 1854 visit to Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Koekjestekort in Japan - De Standaard

• Japan to return fire in Hague whaling case

• The Economist explains: Why are there North Korean schools in Japan? | The Economist

• Did Poor English Save Japan From Subprime? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• LDP alone in fighting nuclear power exit | The Japan Times

• Toyota's Big Wheels Stress Need for Speed, Flexibility - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Trekkers converge on Mount Fuji at start of climbing season - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ginza’s oldest department store closes after 88 years - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INSIGHT: Abe cozies up to new type of business entrepreneur - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Asahi poll: Support for Abenomics wanes; LDP maintains lead - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Matchmaking for Cheaters Finds a Virtual Home in Japan - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan Spends Millions in Order to Be Cool | TIME.com

• Japan Business Sentiment Hits Highest Point in Two Years - NYTimes.com

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Daikoku Umizuri Park 大黒海づり公園

Summer is here. JT: "The Meteorological Agency said the rainy season in the Kanto-Koshin region is believed to have ended 15 days earlier than usual" http://tinyurl.com/p6jww6o

Nieuwe Koning

Twintig jaar lang heb ik niet anders gehoord dat Filip het niet kan. Hoongelach alom. Nu dat hij koning wordt, lees ik plots "Filip, van harte". "Filip is er klaar voor". De Belgen? Kazakkendraaiers

Sunset - July 1

6:14pm - 8:04pm

Japan News Articles June 24 - June 30

• SURVEY: 'Sexless' marriages top 50% - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fukushima: de l'eau hautement radioactive dans un puits près de l'océan - FRANCE 24

• Employee flushes 40 liters of soap, bubbly carnage ensues | RocketNews24

• More students aim to go universities abroad - The Japan News

• Japan prime minister chided for rethinking war apology - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

• POINT OF VIEW/ Hirohito Ono: We cannot allow return to nuclear power without proper debate - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• PAC-3 may be permanently deployed in Tokyo - The Japan News

• Toraya 登良屋 – Yokohama Seasider

• Yokohama day care centers scramble to keep kids off waiting lists | The Japan Times

• Fallout decontamination efforts falling short | The Japan Times

• Japan's abandoned Battleship Island is now on Google Street View

• Abe's rhetoric reveals a growth strategy aimed at global conquest | The Japan Times

• Mt. Fuji entrance fee set at 1,000 yen on trial basis - The Japan News

• Poor English skills saved Japan's bankers from subprime loan fiasco: Aso | The Japan Times

• Government offers dosimeters--not decontamination--for Fukushima evacuees - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Merchants struggle in Skytree’s shadow - The Japan News

• Train tours to find marriage partners grow in popularity - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Could Japan's massive debt disrupt 'Abenomics' gains? - CSMonitor.com

• Man seized in Saitama for alleged attack on three children in Tokyo | The Japan Times

• Japan vertoont sterke gelijkenissen met dot-com zeepbel van de late jaren 90 - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• When English goes global ... - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Brugse Zot krijgt een themacafé in Tokyo - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• First MOX shipment since 3/11 arrives in Fukui | The Japan Times

• Melted fuel removal at Fukushima plant seen optimistically starting in 2020 | The Japan Times

• Japan gets 1st post Fukushima MOX fuel | News24

• BBC News - Japan's NHK sued over use of English words

• Three First-Graders Stabbed in Tokyo - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• In Japan, a Mushroom Becomes a Videogame Star - WSJ.com

• JAEA map shows early iodine fallout | The Japan Times

• Tsunami aan leenwoorden op Japanse TV? | Radio1

• Japan's public broadcaster sued over use of English words | World news | guardian.co.uk

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• Internationaal gerechtshof begint aan walviszaak (NOS)

• Japan's whaling is not science, expert witness tells World Court | Reuters

• The pioneering foreign students who rebuilt Japan | News | Times Higher Education

• TEPCO rejects compensation settlement for radiation anxiety - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Observing Japan: The Japanese public's ingrained distrust of investor capitalism

• Japan’s Fad-Loving Consumer Threatens to Derail Sony’s Phone Ambitions - NYTimes.com

• Japan Leader: Ruling Party Must Win July Elections - Page 1

• Internationaal strafhof buigt zich over Japanse walvisjacht - De Standaard

• Japan to launch world’s first conversational humanoid robot into space  - NY Daily News

• Japanese Wary Google Street View Violates Privacy | Tokyo Desu

• LDP panel calls for 'balanced' description of historical events in textbooks - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Survey: Kumamoto Castle most popular Japanese castle - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tidying up for World Heritage debut - The Japan News

• Weblog Sydney » Blog Archief » 5 vragen over Australië vs Japanse walvisjacht

• AFP: Japan dumbfounded by ex-PM over China island row claim

• BBC News - Australia-Japan whaling case in international court

• Washington Post

• White paper shows Japanese delaying marriage, having children - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Wolf Urine & Lion Roars Being Used to Save/Traumatise Deer | Tokyo Desu

• Tokyo gets high marks in Olympic evaluation report; Inose pleased | The Japan Times

• Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Draws Ire at Home After Islet Remarks - Japan Real Time - WSJ

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

• Why Sony Fans Are Called

• Plutonium problem lingers as mixed-oxide fuel comes to Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan eyes stability with Abe in front: analysts | Fox News

• Internationaal Gerechtshof buigt zich over Japanse walvisjacht - Planet Earth - Nieuws - Knack.be

• LDP win mimics December election | The Japan Times

• Japan Inc. suffers brain drain of engineers to S. Korea, China - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Top students shunning Japan | The Japan Times

• Anti-LDP voters pick Communists over DPJ in Tokyo election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Mount Fuji and pine trees are closely linked - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Chicago Tribune - Japan nuclear safety upgrades dazzle, mask industry woes

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.