Japan News Articles May 4 - May 10

• It's all fun and games until war breaks out | The Japan Times

• Perfect storm of factors conspires to empty Japan | The Japan Times

• Defense minister hits brick wall in first talks with Okinawa governor - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Stores struggle to adjust in a shrinking Japan | The Japan Times

• Michel en Peeters promoten België in Verre Oosten - De Standaard Mobile

• Kyoto leading the way with bicycles | The Japan Times

• Kennedy: Society must support mothers - The Japan News

• Expert sees 'era of great quakes and eruptions' in Japan, AsiaOne Asia News

• No offense to royals: Monkey in Japan keeps name Charlotte - SFGate

• Hakone explains limited nature of volcanic alert to foreign tourists | The Japan Times

• Keeping the yakuza away from the 2020 Olympics | The Japan Times

• Hakone issues wider map to ease eruption zone fears | The Japan Times

• Angelina Jolie’s ‘Unbroken’ unscreened in Japan amid resentment

• Japan's craft beer mug runneth over | The Japan Times

• Charlotte the Japanese monkey to keep her name despite right royal row | World news | The Guardian

• We need to talk about Abe | The Japan Times

• Shinzo Abe’s ‘Glass Jaw’ and Media Muzzling in Japan | The Diplomat

• Japan’s Nuclear Diplomacy | The Diplomat

• Japan ruling party executive says more BOJ easing not needed for now

• ‘Daughters of the Samurai’: between Japan and America | The Seattle Times

• A Startup Scene That's Not So Hot: Japan's Entrepreneur Shortage : All Tech Considered : NPR

• La courbette, un art très codé de s'excuser au Japon - L'Express Styles

• Japan scholars in West issue statement calling for 'unbiased accounting' of past - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• South Korea opposes Japan's bid for heritage status of industrial sites

• Japan: Zoo sorry for naming monkey after new princess - BBC News

• Giant solar farm in Japan seen from the air - BBC News

• Happy Hour: Japan Brewers Finally Get Serious on Craft Beer - Bloomberg Business

• Progress is slow when it comes to societal views on adoption | The Japan Times

• The path to becoming an apprentice geisha — a maiko — in Japan is no bed of roses | National Post

• Japanese academics spooked by military science incursions : Nature News & Comment

• A Test for Cool (and Nice) Japan: Press Relations

• Tour guide exam to be more relevant | The Japan Times

• Dating in Japan never used to be this difficult — or creepy | The Japan Times

• 18 looms as new age of majority | The Japan Times

• Meiji industrial sites endorsed for World Heritage listing | The Japan Times

• Park signals two-track foreign policy toward Japan | The Japan Times

• Why the New U.S.-Japan Security and Trade Pacts Will Incur China's Wrath

• In Japan, Happy Children’s Day - WSJ

• Hangar of Japan's aircraft carrier sub found - CNN.com

• Japan's child population is dwindling, says report - UPI.com

• Tokyo to outline vision for ‘English Village’ - The Japan News

• Faut-il s’enticher de la cuisine japonaise ? - Sciencesetavenir.fr

• The real story behind Shinzo Abe’s visit: China, TPP and what the media won’t tell you about this state visit - Salon.com

• Where have all Japan’s young people gone? | East Asia Forum

• China changes its Japan stance as pressure tactics fail

• Les Echos.fr - Actualité à la Une

• U.S.- Japan Alliance - NYTimes.com

• 'Omotenashi' a facade, wheelchair-bound consultant says | The Japan Times

• Blame Abe's bad history on diplomat George Kennan | The Japan Times

• Abe confident Japan-U.S. relations deepened by trip / Prime minister also encouraged by warm welcome received during visit to West Coast - The Japan News

• Japan-U.S. effort to tell suicide pilots' stories dodges controversy, wins praise | The Japan Times

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