Japan News Articles June 23 - June 29

• Comic books champion debate on Fukushima disaster | The Japan Times

• Abe's 'drill bit' buckles on labor reform | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japanese man sets self on fire over military rule change

• News from The Associated Press

• Japan slams N Korea missile launch but talks to go on | Business Standard News

• Tsunami still tears at a Japanese town, as mayor’s decisions are debated - The Washington Post

• Why Japan is betting big on fuel-cell cars | ABS-CBN News

• Abe's nuclear renaissance ignores stiff opposition | The Japan Times

• Official role eyed for women who lose Imperial family status | The Japan Times

• Impact of Fukushima groundwater bypass eludes Tepco | The Japan Times

• Japan in Depth / LDP compromised, preserved range of self-defense right - The Japan News

• Why the girl-power blockbuster “Frozen” is the most popular movie to hit Japan in a decade – Quartz

• With no maternity leave, Osaka assemblywoman harassed for giving birth - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Audio analysis finds multiple hecklers in Tokyo assembly - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan and the “comfort women”: Looking for loopholes | The Economist

• In Japan, no airbags are better than hazardous ones

• Godiva to put Japanese shops under direct control - The Japan News

• Video - Can Shareholders Stop a Company From Going Global? - WSJ.com

• TEPCO 'breaks vow,' refuses more compensation for Fukushima nuclear victims - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Japanese advertising industry in a nutshell

• Reform in Japan: The third arrow | The Economist

• Beer garden season begins with a hearty 'kanpai' | The Japan Times

• Abe's drive to reform agriculture | The Japan Times

• 'Reinterpreting' Article 9 endangers Japan's rule of law | The Japan Times

• Inventor Nakamatsu reveals he has terminal cancer | The Japan Times

• Collective defense deal near | The Japan Times

• Ageing Japan suffers pilot shortage, flight cancellations - World - NZ Herald News

• Japanse inflatie op hoogste niveau in 32 jaar

• MAJOR SECURITY SHIFT: Abe putting SDF in mortal danger, retired defense official says - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Izumo Taisha Shrine: The Ancient Meeting Place of the Gods (Photos) | Nippon.com

• The Debate over Japan’s Academic Decline | Nippon.com

• Ishihara Shintarō’s New Party and the “Third Force” in Japanese Politics | Nippon.com

• Japan's leadership averted worst-case disaster, researcher says

• Japanners kunnen maar moeilijk schelden - dekrantvanmiddendrenthe.nl - Leuk - Opmerkelijk

• Scaring The Japanese People With Radiation Is Criminal - Forbes

• Un condamné à mort pendu au Japon - Libération

• Triple killer executed in Osaka - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Defusing Japan’s Demographic Time Bomb | Nippon.com

• Interview: Female Tokyo Assembly Member Reflects on Harassment - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• WORLD CUP SOCCER/ Zaccheroni quits as Japan coach after disappointing group-stage exit - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan PM Abe Tells Women to ‘Shine,’ But Critics Find Unintended Meaning - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• The Death Penalty in Japan | Nippon.com

• De op twee na grootste economie ter wereld telt amper 1,6% immigranten...

• Japan executeert opnieuw terdoodveroordeelde - Buitenland - De Morgen

• Radio 1 - Culinair: delicatessen uit Japan - 21:00 24-06-2014

• Japanse premier belooft eindelijk hervormingen | www.dagelijksestandaard.nl

• Japan political old guard form 'Next Generation Party' | GlobalPost

• Japan Markets Muted Toward Abe's Economic Plan - WSJ

• schoolklas kijkt toe bij walvisslacht

• Kawashima: Normaal dat we kritiek krijgen

• Japanese inn famous for beautifying baths - CNN.com

• No laughing matter: Japan's manga comics boldly tackle Fukushima | Reuters

• Farmers haul Fukushima cow to Tokyo seeking probe into mystery disease | The Japan Times

• MAJOR SECURITY SHIFT: New Komeito agrees to revised collective self-defense proposal - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan to experience nuclear-free summer - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Foreign media see possible social change following sexist-taunt incident - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Dishonest Abe

• Of Culture Shock and “Shokunin” Culture | Nippon.com

• Shinzo Abe’s Bid to Shake Up Corporate Japan - NYTimes.com

• Tokyo lawmaker calls for change as Your Party asks for voice analysis | The Japan Times

• Telegraaf

• Chicago Tribune - Colombia routs Japan, wins Group C

• Japan sexist heckling case shows obstacles to revving up economy through women's advancement | Fox News

• Japanese Parliament to Women: Breed, Don't Lead - The Daily Beast

• BBC News - Japan reveals plans to cut corporate tax to below 30%

• Japan unveils latest installment of 'Third Arrow' reforms - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Pioneer to sell audio-video unit to Baring, Onkyo

• VOX POPULI: No place for 'macho' politicians in today's world - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Shiomura seeks names of other sexist hecklers; perpetrator's office hit with eggs - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's lumbering public pension to be recast as agent of reform | Reuters

• Yokohama's Most Romantic Spot Is... - Kanagawa - Japan Travel, Larry Knipfing

• Mt. Fuji World Heritage listing has mixed results 1 year on - The Japan News

• History News Network | The Most Haunting Interview You'll Ever Read: When Japanese Islanders Were Ordered to Commit Mass Suicide

• Foreign Relations in Early Modern Japan: Exploding the Myth of National Seclusion | Nippon.com

• Japan's celibacy issue - what's the economic cost?

• Japan lawmaker in hot water over sexist remark as government embarks on 'womenomics'

• License to boogie: Japan moves to ease dancing ban

• Japan PM Abe's 'third arrow' seeks hard target - MarketWatch

• Oil facilities face serious liquefaction risk in Tokai, Kansai, Tokyo | The Japan Times

• Abe hopes to roll out red carpet for foreign startups | The Japan Times

• Japan marks 69th anniversary of Okinawa battle | GlobalPost

• In Japan, Hundreds of Shareholder Meetings on Same Day - NYTimes.com

• In Japan, Men Need to Lean In Further - Bloomberg View

• Tokyo assemblyman admits to sexist taunting; Shiomura says 'too late' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Railleries sexistes et rires gras jusqu’à l’assemblée municipale de Tokyo - Libération

• 55% now opposed to Abe's collective self-defense push, survey says | The Japan Times

• All-consuming school clubs worry foreign parents | The Japan Times

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