Birthday!

Fujisan - 29 Nov

6:44am


7:53am




4:31pm

Fujisan - Nov 28

Windy. 3:02pm

Carbonade flamande

Het was een keer tijd om stoofvlees te maken

Fujisan - Nov. 27

7:24am


7:38am


7:53am

Lunch @IKEA

Home

Kugenuma Beach

Night in Yokohama

Selected Japan News Articles - Nov 18 - Nov 24

• Divorced parents take to streets in fight for right to see children - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Foreign brands still minnows in Japanese car market | GlobalPost

• A ski trip to Hokkaido island, Japan | Herald Sun

• Secrecy bill dodges public debate | The Japan Times

• China's new air defense zone above Senkakus

• Nuclear whistle-blower spills secrets the way the media should | The Japan Times

• Back to the future: Shinto's growing influence in politics | The Japan Times

• Nieuw rondje spierballengerol over eilandengroep

• Japanese wigs prove a hot fashion item with African women - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• U.N. experts wary of Japan's state secrets protection bill - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abenomics dreigt Abe-non-ics te worden, alles loopt mis in Japan - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Foreign trainees in Japan face exploitation - The Washington Post

• Japan counts on survival of new island to expand territorial waters - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Is een traineeship in Japan exploitatie of een investering? - nrc.nl

• Japan wil zelfrijdende auto’s voor ‘grijze golf’ - Nieuws - Engineersonline.nl

• Parliamentary democracy without a viable opposition | The Japan Times

• New official site to state case for Senkakus, Takeshima | The Japan Times

• Japan Explodes with Enthusiasm Over Solar Energy

• Japan - Governor of Tokyo Embroiled in Loan Scandal - NYTimes.com

• Japan's hospitals to get language boost for 2020 Games | Asia News | South East Asia News | AsiaOne

• Anti-Korea protesters attack Kyoto court's 'discrimination' ruling - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse sterspeler Honda ontdekt door Oostendenaar Rudy Bent... - Sportwereld

• Japan: short breaks in Tokyo - Telegraph

• Volcano rises from sea to form new islet | The Japan Times

• Archive data for years have shown 'comfort women' were taken by force: professor | The Japan Times

• Japan's love for curry means endless variety | The Japan Times

• Japan and the poor: On yer bike | The Economist

• Japan reports volcano raises island in seas far south of Tokyo - The Washington Post

• Tobias Harris | Why Abe Won't Embrace Neoliberalism | Foreign Affairs

• Automobielmanagement.nl - Japan wil zelfrijdende auto’s voor ‘grijze golf’ - Auto & Technologie

• Government changes tack on finding disposal site for radioactive waste - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Cuddly Rabbit Island in Japan has something of a sinister past | Public Radio International

• Rode Duivels onderuit tegen sterk Japan - VoetbalNieuws.be

• Fukushima job feared too perilous for Tepco | The Japan Times

• Japan's Abe Mulling Lower Sales Tax Rate on Essentials

• Japanese toilets not just for dirty business - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan eert Haiku Herman - De Standaard

• 'Absurd' decision names prime minister as third-party overseer of state secrets - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Belgische routerfabrikant eWon trekt naar Japan - Nieuws - Datanews.be - Datanews.be

• Nuclear power plants in disarray: Lack of waste burial site to delay Tokai reactor decommissioning - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• TEPCO begins removing nuclear fuel at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan waarschuwt Rode Duivels met sterke match tegen Nederland - Sportwereld

• Cracks in Tepco's 3/11 narrative | The Japan Times

• Fukushima evacuees' housing units crumbling | The Japan Times

• Japan meets Kyoto goal via credit buys | The Japan Times

• Japan's emissions excuse 'misleading' | Business Spectator

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Fujisan Early Morning - Nov 23

Fujisan View From Ashigaratoge

More photos (26)

Fujisan Evening Nov 22

Fujisan Morning Nov 22

Mt.Fuji from Hayama - Nov 19

From Sengenyama in Hayama



More photos (12)

Mt. Fuji Morning Nov 19

6:42am


7:29am

Mt. Fuji - Nov 18

4:32pm

Selected Japan News Articles Nov 11 - Nov 17

• Japan pins hopes on Kennedy | The Japan Times

• Japanese emperor will break burial tradition by being cremated | GlobalPost

• Caroline Kennedy nieuwe VS-ambassadeur in Japan | Radio1

• Japan Prepares for an Island War

• More suspected and confirmed cases of thyroid cancer diagnosed in Fukushima children - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan readies additional $30 billion for Fukushima clean-up: sources | GlobalPost

• Japan start hervorming energiesector - De Standaard

• VOX POPULI: A scary insight into what state secrets protection bill might entail - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan banks pledge clean up as crackdown uncovers more mob-linked loans - The Washington Post

• Koizumi calls on Abe to ditch nuclear power | The Japan Times

• Another thorn in Tokyo-Seoul ties | The Japan Times

• In Japan, what's sex got to do with it? » Community News Network » Press-Republican

• Nation to get guidelines against dishonest menus | The Japan Times

• Abenomics still isn’t the magic bullet for Japan – Quartz

• Nieuw alcoholvrij drankje maakt je dronken - De Standaard

• Japanese Defence Ministry reviewing Buy Japan policy | Reuters

• Nissan showt futuristische elektrische sportwagen BladeGlider in Japan (video) | Gadgetzone.nl

• Iruma: Japan's hidden aviation museum a hanger for history - News - Stripes

• Japan: Experimental Floating Wind Farm

• Buitenlandse beleggers steken miljarden in Japanse aandelen | RTL | Volg het nieuws terwijl het gebeurt

• Geological records of Tohoku tsunami discovered in sand layers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese anti-nuclear civic groups targeted in large-scale cyber-attack - The Japan Daily Press

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Fujisan - Nov 16

6:28am

Mt. Fuji a t Sunset - Nov 15

5:51pm




5:54pm

Mt. Fuji - Nov 14

7:34am

From the roof

Fujisan Nov 13

Around 6:30am

Yokohama Nishitobe-cho 1-chome

View from Nishitobe-cho 1-chome

After Work

After work. At Devil Craft





32 photos

Selected Japan News Articles 4 Nov - 10 Nov

• FCCJ slams 'vague' state secrets bill as direct threat to journalists | The Japan Times

• Japan doet liever alsof homo's niet bestaan - Buitenland - TROUW

• 10 things Japan gets horribly wrong | RocketNews24

• 10 things Japan gets awesomely right | RocketNews24

• Ministry wants to cut teachers' pay | The Japan Times

• Japan set to increase defense budget in fiscal 2014 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Banyan: Spokes and hubbub | The Economist

• Japan Earthquake Today 2013: 5.5 Strikes Moriya, Near Tokyo

• A Japanese TV Show Challenged A Gay Man To See If He Could Make A Straight Porn Star Orgasm

• Anger in Japan over film about murdered British teacher - Telegraph

• Famous Japanese ‘enka’ ballad singer Shimakura dies at 75 - The Japan Daily Press

• Twitter appeal wanes in parts of Japan, S Korea ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan’s economic reforms are too little, too slow - The Washington Post

• Debate sparked over gruesome mannequins at Hiroshima A-bomb museum - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Olympic Games Give Japan a Chance to Show Its Mettle - NYTimes.com

• Japan Today

• From Japan, with love :: Sequim Gazette

• Capturing the life and lives of Tokyo, one day at a time | The Japan Times

• Japan: Kyushu by train | Travel | The Guardian

• Japans parlementslid bruuskeert keizer met brief over Fukushima - Wereld - Knack.be

• Gaius Publius: Japanese Mafia Feared in Charge of Fukushima Cleanup « naked capitalism

• Japan nuke-plant water tanks flawed, workers say - Asia news - Boston.com

• Japan Attacks Yakuza Crime Syndicates via Banking System - Businessweek

• Rookie lawmaker reprimanded for breaking taboo: A letter to emperor - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Are smartphone cameras and apps satisfying even photo enthusiasts? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Unresolved problems still surround Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster - CNN.com

• BBC News - Inside Japan's stricken Fukushima unit four nuclear reactor

• Fukushima Watch: Documentary Tracks Past, Future "Metamorphosis" - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• BBC News - Inside Japan's stricken Fukushima unit four nuclear reactor

• Japan on road to recovery after year of Abenomics - Nov. 6, 2013

• Japan's architects voice against new Tokyo stadium plan for 2020 Games - Xinhua | English.news.cn

• Trop de guerre et de cigarettes : « Le Vent se lève » de Miyazaki choque | Rue89 Culture

• Hotel Okura latest to own up to fraudulent menus | The Japan Times

• 'Abenomics' means a special holiday spread | The Japan Times

• "Zelfcensuur Japan over gevaarlijke operatie Fukushima" - NOS op 3

• Anti-nuclear Japanese lawmaker attacked from all sides for handing letter to Emperor Akihito | Star Tribune

• NOS.nl

• No Vision Yet in Sight for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games | Nippon.com

• Jetman vliegt langs Mount Fuji - NOS Nieuws

• Japan brings out the big guns to sell remilitarization in U.S. | The Japan Times

• Verdwijnt de Amerikaanse kust onder Japans afval? | Radio1

• Pourquoi la PlayStation 4 arrivera-t-elle plus tard au Japon ?

• Allan Becker : le sauveur inconnu de Sony Japon

• How Sony's Hometown Studio Rose From the Ashes In Time for the PS4

• Key Abe Supporter Loses Faith in Abenomics - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Fukushima Watch: Japan Nuclear Facility Cited for Security Failures - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan - The Next Wave - Foreign Correspondent - ABC

• EN IMAGES. «Jetman» fait le tour du Mont Fuji au Japon

• Japon: des grands restaurants passent à table après avoir enjolivé leurs menus - Libération

• Japan blijft dansen op een dunne koord - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• LeTemps.ch | Au Japon, l’euphorie des marchés n’a pas encore touché les salariés

• Tepco feeling heat over fuel removal | The Japan Times

• More businesses admit misrepresenting menu items | The Japan Times

• Interactive: Field of 2011 Japan tsunami flotsam size of TEXAS approaching California coast - International - Catholic Online

• Does Japan Need a High-speed Maglev Line? | Nippon.com

• La NSA mène des activités d'espionnage sur le Japon pour des raisons militaires, économiques et de politique étrangère - china radio international

• Japon : un philosophe veut créer un village touristique à proximité de Fukushima | Atlantico

• Takashimaya admits to false labeling of menu items, food products - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Hoe het zo ver kon komen - Herman Henderickx

• Japanese Tattoos: From Yakuza to Artisans, Aesthetes - Scene Asia - WSJ

• 4 Reasons Japan Could Continue To Be The Land Of The Rising Stock Market - Investors.com

• Tepco to conduct fuel removal test at reactor 4 | The Japan Times

• New secrecy law seen best serving bureaucrats | The Japan Times

• Viewpoint: Japan dawdles on a clear energy policy

• S. Korea's Park says Japan summit would be 'pointless' | GlobalPost

• Japan’s NHK boss under pressure | Advanced Television

• Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Japan's Next Tourist Attraction? | Bustle

• Brooks on Beer: Japan's burgeoning microbrewery scene - San Jose Mercury News

• Russie-Japon : négociations dans un format de bonne volonté - Dernières infos - Politique - La Voix de la Russie

• Au Japon, les liens coupables entre la finance et le crime organisé

• Japan's PM calls for increased wages

• Japan ruling party questions plan to let Fukushima evacuees go home - media | Reuters

• Koizumi hits back at criticism of sudden no-nuclear stance - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• LDP takes aim at rice farmers | The Japan Times

• Bizarre Japanese inventions signal the future of human loneliness

• Trading house exec stakes claim for women | The Japan Times

• Japan and Korea slide down gender-index ranking

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Evening Walk