Selected Japan News Articles Sept 23 - Sept 29

• Google Maps naming policy prompts Japan to request home page bans | The Japan Times

• Saying goodbye to Fido the right way - The Japan News

• Chinese foreign minister takes softer approach to Japan in U.N. speech - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Twitter launches alert service for Japan - The Japan News

• Japan leader gambles on sales tax hike - The Times of India on Mobile

• JOHCM’s Japan stars: why Abenomics' third arrow is irrelevant | Citywire

• Chinese ships still circling Senkakus but door to dialogue open, Abe says | The Japan Times

• Japan, China, S. Korea name Yokohama, Quanzhou, Gwangju culture cities | GlobalPost

• Google Maps naming policy prompts Japan to request home page bans | The Japan Times

• INTERVIEW: For Chinese, Murakami is a window on the world - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Beer Times » Craft Beer in Japan

• Japan dreigt overspoeld te worden door schuldentsunami - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Tepco ontsmet radioactief water in Fukushima

• Is Japan's `Abenomics' Working?: Video - Bloomberg

• Japan's Abe: No Concessions, but No Escalation in Islet Spat With China

• Dutch banker turned writer finds a home and inspiration in Japan | The Japan Times

• Olympus reaches first shareholder settlement over accounting scandal | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan ex-rail chiefs cleared of fatal 2005 crash

• BBC News - China media: Japan's defence budget

• Mizuho Bank's loans show yakuza element persists in financial world - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Fukushima Generation: New Data on Birth Defects in Post-Meltdown Japan - The Daily Beast

• NRC response to Fukushima: A mistake turned public opinion against Japan.

• High levels of radiation discovered in new well at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INSIGHT: Hayao Miyazaki to retire, his real reason for leaving anime - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese inventor awarded damages for Apple iPod 'Click Wheel' patent infringement - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan: Is it true that some native Japanese feel uncomfortable when they find out another Japanese speaks English with an American accent? - Quora

• Japanese-Brazilians: Straddling Two Cultures - NYTimes.com

• Former IT professional embraces career as Shinto priest - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Radioactive cesium levels drop in Fukushima fish, but strontium remains a mystery - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan, France to pair on scrapping Fukushima plant - MarketWatch

• Gigantische opblaasbare concerthal naar getroffen gebied Japan - Buitenland - TROUW

• Japanese poll: 1 in 3 desperate to be housewives | GlobalPost

• Ex-top U.S. nuclear regulator counsels end to atomic power | The Japan Times

• Japanese dating simulators are all the rage | The Border Mail

• Ex-U.S. nuke regulator: Japan slow on Fukushima leak - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• U.S. Senkakus vow shows tougher stance - The Japan News

• Japan's First Lady Defends South Korea Ties on Facebook - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Kans is heel klein dat Abenomics kans op slagen maakt - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• After Japan's 'multifaceted disaster,' professor sees sobering present, dismaying future | Journal and Courier | jconline.com

• Humankind’s Most Dangerous Moment: Fukushima Fuel Pool at Unit 4. “This is an Issue of Human Survival.” | Global Research

• More than 1,000 rally against discrimination, hate speech in Tokyo - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Street signs to become more foreigner-friendly - The Japan News

• Japan porn dealers arrested after catalogues sent to police: Report - The Times of India on Mobile

• The gaijin gamer’s guide to Akihabara, Japan’s “Electric Town” | Ars Technica

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.