Selected Japan News 31 March - 6 April

• BBC News - US to send two more warships to Japan by 2017

• Foreign trainee program given OK for expansion | The Japan Times

• The Japan Times ST

• Nobel laureate calls young researchers 'immature,' need education in ethics - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe may reduce tax benefits for women | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Russian dilemma - Livemint

• Wijn van het zuiverste water - De Standaard

• Hagel: US strongly committed to protecting Japan - The Washington Post

• Japan's puffer fish capital: Delicious and deadly | KETK | East Texas News, Weather and Sports | Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville

• Pourquoi le Japon chasse-t-il la baleine ? - Le Nouvel Observateur

• Japan supermarket prices rose less than sales tax on 1st day -index | Reuters

• Helmut Schmidt: Japan Has No Friends In Asia. Neither Does China. Part II

• Wapens uit Japan straks overal te koop - De Standaard

• Japan kondigt tsunamialarm af na aardbeving in Chili

• Land van de rijzende zonnecellen - Groen - TROUW

• Japan’s Desperate Housewives Opting for Adulterous Online Dating - The Daily Beast

• Yamaguchi-gumi hopes website boosts image | The Japan Times

• Rakuten stops selling whale meat, but will still sell thermometers : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Datingsite voor gehuwden is very big in Japan | Radio1

• U.N. panel takes issue with radiation exposure data submitted by TEPCO - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan to suspend Antarctic whaling next season; Abe criticizes delegation - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Rising Japanese scientist faked heralded stem cell research, lab says

• Antwerpenaar waagt zich aan Japanse koffie (Antwerpen) - Het Nieuwsblad

• Abe eases weapons export rules | The Japan Times

• Obokata falsified data in STAP papers: probe | The Japan Times

• Japan moves to expand controversial foreign worker scheme - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Rare rondleidingen | Reiskrant | Telegraaf.nl

• Haneda home to new routes, more flights - The Japan News

• Japan Ends Half-Century Ban on Weapons Exports - NYTimes.com

• International Court orders Japan to stop part of its whaling program; Japan wails in protest : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Two men die at immigration center | The Japan Times

• Omwonenden kerncentrale Fukushima terug naar huis - HLN.be

• Japan lab says stem cell research falsified - The Washington Post

• Radio 1 - Japan moet stoppen met walvisjacht - 12:00 31-03-2014

• Walvis belangrijk onderdeel van de Japanse eetcultuur - NOS.nl

• 'Goede hoop dat Japan walvisvangst staakt' - De Standaard

• April fool?: 'Scent alerts for train stations set to cue JR's distracted commuters" - The Japan Times

• Toerisme Vlaanderen verlengt marketingalliantie in Japan | Metro :: nieuws en entertainment

• The sounds of everyday Japanese life | The Japan Times

• Abe takes first swing at reinterpreting Constitution | The Japan Times

• Japan might win more friends if it just shuts up | The Japan Times

• Riken accuses Obokata of wrongdoing in breakthrough research papers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• ICJ ban on Japan’s ‘scientific whaling’ stuns officials, restaurants - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Price hike ‹ Japan Today

• So Japan can't hunt whales any more? That doesn't mean they're safe | Philip Hoare | Comment is free | theguardian.com

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