Japan News Articles September 15 - 21

• Glimpses of Lafcadio Hearn's Matsue | The Japan Times

• Abe wants earlier talks on decision to hike sales tax to 10% | The Japan Times

• Blood types | The Japan Times

• Half century on the shinkansen | The Japan Times

• Japan's popular morning drama takes an international twist - CSMonitor.com

• Japan hopes to replenish tuna stocks - Al Jazeera English

• Why does Japan have so many overhead power lines? | RocketNews24

• Abe uses letter to ask Park for summit request | The Japan Times

• Japanse politie zoekt meer dan 2 - WaarMaarRaar.nl

• Spectaculair uitzicht over Tokyo! - Tokio, Japan | Reisreporter.nl

• The press in Japan: Gotcha | The Economist

• 'Mount Fuji openbaar toilet' | Reiskrant | Telegraaf.nl

• BBC News - Japan: The rising popularity of old dog care centres

• Weird Earth Movement After Japan Earthquake Finally Explained - Yahoo News

• Japanse middenklasse dreigt weggespoeld te worden - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japanese researchers' banana peel study wins Ig Nobel award | The Japan Times

• iPhone 6 Goes on Sale in Japan - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japanese Minister Tells Mobile Carriers to Cool Price Wars Ahead of iPhone Launch - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Falling Yen Is Weaker Tonic for Japan - WSJ

• Japanese universities increase classes taught in English - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• EDITORIAL: Time running out to scrap nuclear fuel recycling program - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Who stays in a Japanese love hotel? - Telegraph

• Japanese Porn Star Mana Aoki Featured On School Book By Mistake

• In Japan, Traditional Italian Pizza Is Tops - WSJ

• Can Dating Apps Solve Japan's Sex Crisis? | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

• Japan's plutonium stockpile jumped to 47 tons in 2013 | The Japan Times

• Sony forecasts $2B loss as smartphones lag - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Suicide prevention group saves 500th life on Fukui cliffs - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Le Japon fête ses un an sans nucléaire | Greenpeace France

• Japanse politie op zoek naar mensen met minicamera’s in scho... - De Standaard

• Photographer Turns His Lens on Cute and Sassy Alley Cats in Japan

• CD-Loving Japan Resists Move to Online Music - NYTimes.com

• Japan’s first couple push for ‘Womenomics’ in Japanese society | KHON2

• The ghost of Emperor Hirohito | The Japan Times

• Japan planning research whale meeting with both proponents and opponents | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan: Parents fork out for fine dining lessons

• The raw appeal of eggs | The Japan Times

• Japanse heilige berg Fuji ligt vol met uitwerpselen - HLN.be

• Geisha finding unlikely patrons in changing times - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Canon developing photo-storage device for easier online sharing - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Sony, the catch-up king

• Magnitude 5.6 earthquake shakes Japan | New York Post

• Japan PM's liberal newspaper critic is humbled by errors - Yahoo News

• Japan 'conveniently' neglects to remember its aggressive past - The China Post

• Japan één jaar zonder kernenergie... en zonder black-out! - Blog op DeWereldMorgen.be

• Japan: 50 years of the bullet train - Telegraph

• Nissan faces battery plant cuts as electric car hopes fade | The Japan Times

• How a Tokyo resident found fulfillment in rural Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese Yen: Apocalypse Now or Apocalypse Later? | InvestorPlace

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• Japan: More and more, a land of centenarians - Yahoo News

• Japanese women who have escaped from North Korea find little sympathy at home - The Washington Post

• Steeds meer mensen van honderd jaar of ouder in Japan | nu.nl/gezondheid | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

• Tokyo Last-Train-Home Culture Under Fire as Abe Backs Women - Businessweek

• Japan Ranks 40th of 48 Countries in TOEIC Scores - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Sōka Gakkai Founder, Makiguchi Tsunesaburō, A Man of Peace? :: JapanFocus

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