Selected Japan News Articles 30 Dec - 5 Jan

• Otoshidama: How kids in Japan get rich once a year | RocketNews24

• U.S. urges Japan to fix ties with neighbors - The Japan News

• Secret behind global success of Japanese popular culture | Inquirer Lifestyle

• Encensé par Spielberg et par la critique, « Tel père, tel fils » mérite ses louanges | Les plans cul[ture] de la rédac | Rue89 Les blogs

• Commentary: Asia's Worst Nightmare: A China-Japan War | The National Interest

• Abe steps on Washington's toes | The Japan Times

• Special Report: Japan's homeless recruited for murky Fukushima clean-up | Reuters

• British Museum explores sex, pleasure and humor in Japanese art - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• deredactie.be video: Eerste kogelvis geveild, op traditioneel Japanse wijze

• UFO: Cylindrical Alien Spacecraft Appears Over Japan : The Canadian National Newspaper

• SYMPOSIUM: Japan’s massive stockpile of plutonium casts shadow over nonproliferation efforts - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• In Search of Ozu Yasujirō | Nippon.com

• Germany urges Japan to deal honestly with WWII past ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• British Museum explores sex, pleasure and humor in Japanese art - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Radioactive suitcase from Japanese airline passenger detected in Kiev - eTurboNews.com

• Akie Abe not afraid to speak her mind ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan eyes increasing foreign construction workers ahead of Olympics | The Japan Times

• Fukushima...update! | www.dagelijksestandaard.nl

• Worker aghast at shoddy work on Fukushima radioactive water storage tanks - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Why Japan Isn’t Back | The Diplomat

• BBC News - Quest to grow human organs inside pigs in Japan

• Cache of rare antique Japanese books discovered in Boston museum - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Micro Farms Face Extinction as Abe's Reforms Advance - Businessweek

• BBC News - China v Japan: Who is at fault?

• Japan wil nog veel lagere koers voor yen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Demography: The vanishing Japanese | The Economist

• Stricter laws force yakuza to go low-key in New Year's fun - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s Forward Flight - NYTimes.com

• Hoop in Japan na Fukushima:

• Japanners redden Chinees die met luchtballon op betwist eiland wou landen

• With Downed Balloon, China and Japan Cooperate - NYTimes.com

• Japan’s Forward Flight - NYTimes.com

• Elsevier.nl - Japanse premier eindigde het jaar met een blunder van formaat

• BBC News - Japan's population falls 'by record 244,000' in 2013

• Japan's coast guard earns China's thanks for rescuing its balloonist - UPI.com

• Japan minister follows Abe to war shrine, pouring salt on wound for China - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's royal family pose for unusual New Year photo - Telegraph

• Japan's Abe should learn from Germany: Xinhua

• History overshadows present, future Japan-China relations | The Japan Times

• Vergrijzing blijft voor afname Japanse bevolking zorgen - Het Nieuwsblad

• Japan’s whisky makers become serious contenders of Scottish and Irish brands - The Economic Times

• In Fukushima, abandoned pets are multiplying | The Japan Times

• Japanse minister bezoekt omstreden monument - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• VOX POPULI: Japan needs a simpler way to honor its war dead - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 69% say Abe should heed fallout from Yasukuni: poll | The Japan Times

• Japan’s homeless being recruited for Fukushima nuclear cleanup - The Japan Daily Press

• Japanese women lag in leadership to rest of world

• Shinzo Abe, Japanese prime minister, not welcome in China after war shrine visit | Fox News

• Abe says Japan's pacifist constitution may be revised by 2020

• Vincent Van den Storme: Nieuwjaar in Japan - Radio1.be

• Old China maps have no mention of Diaoyu | The Japan Times

• Abe’s Yasukuni visit isolates Japan | East Asia Forum

• What to make of Mr Abe and his visit to Yasukuni | East Asia Forum

• EDITORIAL: Without long-term perspective, Abe's economic policy could backfire - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese PM Shinzo Abe wants more patriotic tone in school textbooks | South China Morning Post

• New Tensions Cloud Deal for Okinawa Base - NYTimes.com

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