Selected Japan News Articles - 27 Jan - 2 Febr

• 'Japan is back.' Can Shinzo Abe stay the course? - CSMonitor.com

• For Japan's foreign residents, the little things make such a big difference | The Japan Times

• Japan: Why kill whales off Antarctica? | The Japan Times

• Pursuit of happiness | The Japan Times

• Hashimoto to quit, seek new election | The Japan Times

• Japan upset by South Korean ‘comfort women’ comics at French show | South China Morning Post

• In spite of 'Abenomics' poverty pushing women into sex industry | The Tokyo Reporter

• BBC News - Stem cell researcher Dr Haruko Obokata on 'breakthrough'

• Google Street View Says Japan Is Top Virtual Tourism Spot in Asia

• Ministry reprimands interpreter for adding words to Abe's World War I remark - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Lunar New Year brings hordes of Chinese tourists to Tokyo - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Sludge designated radioactive waste for 1st time in Kanagawa - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Foreign workers in Japan hit record 717,504 | The Japan Times

• Tokyo gubernatorial candidates speak on Olympics, nuclear power, disasters | The Japan Times

• Diet grills NHK boss on remarks | The Japan Times

• „Japan vervolgde jarenlang christenen” - Kerknieuws - Kerk & Religie

• 1,400 sue makers of Fukushima nuke reactors - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Facial ID tech to be set at station - The Japan News

• NHK chief summoned to Diet over claims of political interference ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Kerknieuws.nl: Japanse documenten onthullen christenvervolging

• Japanese politics: The odd couple | The Economist

• Population concentration growing in Tokyo region: report | The Japan Times

• Japan: U.S. Rejects Katsuto Momii's Claim It Used Comfort Women in WWII | TIME.com

• STAP cell pioneer nearly gave up on her research - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• NHK radio regular quits after anti-nuclear commentary nixed - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's ANA and others accused of stereotyping foreigners | Global News - Advertising Age

• Momii unfit to lead NHK | The Japan Times

• Vatican, Japan to catalog 'lost' archive of Christians' persecution | The Japan Times

• Biden tried to talk Abe out of Yasukuni visit | The Japan Times

• Japan Official Under Fire for Saying Public Broadcaster Won’t Criticize Government - NYTimes.com

• Japan’s Leader Compares Strain With China to Germany and Britain in 1914 - NYTimes.com

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• Abe's dangerous path | The Japan Times

• New NHK boss ignites a firestorm | The Japan Times

• EDITORIAL: NHK chairman appears clueless over broadcaster's mission - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Les Japonais déçus par les «Abenomics» - Japon - RFI

• Japan posts record 11.47 trillion yen trade deficit in 2013 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Over half oppose Japan engaging in collective self-defense: survey | The Japan Times

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.