Japan News Articles. September 14 - 20

• Rent a hot guy to make you cry, then wipe your tears away ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Pacifism bill: Why Japan won't build a nuclear weapon - CNN.com

• 'Don't sell your soul for a Japanese man' | The Japan Times

• Ready or not, government will soon have your My Number | The Japan Times

• Beijing calls laws threat to region | The Japan Times

• Cabinet's approval rating sinks to 38.9% over unpopular security laws | The Japan Times

• Passage of security legislation prompts groups to prepare legal challenges - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan zorgt voor ‘grootste stunt ooit in geschiedenis van het rugby’ - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• China warns Japan over expanding military role abroad - BBC News

• Yakuza infighting puts nation on edge | The Japan Times

• Policy hurdles remain despite passage of new security laws | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Coming Cabinet Reshuffle | The Diplomat

• Japan lawmakers pass legislation expanding military's role for first time since WWII - LA Times

• Inside the syndicate | The Economist

• Japan’s Parliament Approves Overseas Combat Role for Military - NYTimes.com

• Le gouvernement japonais demande aux universités de ne plus enseigner les sciences humaines | Slate.fr

• Japanese soldiers could fight abroad again after security bill passed | World news | The Guardian

• Toyota's Lightweight Car Seat: A Bionic Design | Materialise Blog

• Photos: A History of Skirmishes at Japan’s Parliament - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japanse troepen kunnen opnieuw overzees optreden

• Japans Hogerhuis voert omstreden oorlogswetten door - nrc.nl

• Security policy set the wrong way | The Japan Times

• Fresh rain brings more misery to flood-hit Joso | The Japan Times

• Protesters crowd Diet as security bills face passage | The Japan Times

• Man held in Kumagaya slayings may be brother of Peruvian serial killer | The Japan Times

• Diet enacts security laws, marking Japan's departure from pacifism | The Japan Times

• Selfiestick komt Japanse trein niet meer in | ThePostOnline

• "The nat. security bills are an exact copy of the third Armitage Nye Report"

• More than 300 bags from Fukushima cleanup washed away during Tochigi floods - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Belgische robotica is big in Japan - Nieuws - Data News Mobile

• PressTV-‘Japan public against security bill’

• Small Waves Reach Japan After Chile Quake, No Injuries - ABC News

• Japan government pushes military expansion bills despite protests | Reuters

• Foreign Joso flood victims hit out at city's monolingual response | The Japan Times

• Opposition parties' delaying tactics throw Diet into chaos | The Japan Times

• Ex-CIA agent: Japan military needed for North Korea collapse - UPI.com

• Police Arrest Peruvian After 6 People Found Slain in Japan - ABC News

• Scuffles as Japan security bill approved by committee - BBC News

• 5 Ways Japan Could Use Its Restricted Military Under New Law - WSJ

• Omstreden Japanse oorlogswetten overleven chaotische stemming - nrc.nl

• Japan Military Bills Provoke Scuffling in Parliament - NYTimes.com

• ‘Made in Japan’ is back in vogue - FT.com

• Japan legislative committee approves security bills - US News

• Japanese politicians brawl in parliament over bill to allow troops to fight abroad | World news | The Guardian

• Japan Downgrade Fuels Doubts About Abenomics - WSJ

• New generation of Japanese anti-war protesters challenge Abe | World news | The Guardian

• Japan opposition tries to halt vote on contentious security bills | Reuters

• Assertive Japan poised to abandon 70 years of pacifism - CNN.com

• Alarm Over Huge Cuts to Humanities and Social Sciences at Japanese Universities | TIME

• Arresting possibilities: a primer on who can bang you up in Japan | The Japan Times

• Security questions go unanswered | The Japan Times

• Japan's defense reform tarnished by low public support, unconvincing sales pitch | The Japan Times

• Tourist numbers continue to surge in Japan, with China underpinning rise | The Japan Times

• Ruling bloc close to clearing security vote | The Japan Times

• Japan Diet Panel to Vote on Military Bills Amid Protests - ABC News

• Justice Ministry unveils eased refugee-recognition criteria but critics quick to cry foul | The Japan Times

• Japan: City launches app to report dog poo - BBC News

• Japan protesters rally as contentious security bills near passage | Reuters

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• The yakuza: Inside Japan's murky criminal underworld - CNN.com

• 15 missing people in Ibaraki flooding found alive - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Foreigners seeking safe haven in Japan to avoid conflicts at home can stay - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe Returned as LDP President in Uncontested Election | Nippon.com

• When disaster strikes in Japan, keep calm and carry a diaper | The Japan Times

• Japan set for historic defence shift, but still not 'normal nation'

• Factbox: Main elements of Japan's security legislation - Yahoo News

• Japan business mood sinks on China anxiety, weak demand: Reuters Tankan | Reuters

• End the nuclear 'safety myth' | The Japan Times

• Doing the splits | The Economist

• More than 3,000 residents of Joso remain evacuated after devastating floods; death toll hits 7 | The Japan Times

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• Hundreds of bags of radioactive waste washed away in Japan floods - Telegraph

• Nagasaki unveils monument to POWs; Dutch survivor attends | The Japan Times

• The entrepreneur teaching Japan how to take more risks - BBC News

• Japan's Mount Aso volcano erupts - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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