Japan News Articles. October 19 - 25

• Manga to train men as 'house husbands' pulled after drawing online anger - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Bees a barometer for Japan's ills, expert says | The Japan Times

• Butter sushi becoming an unlikely hit in Osaka ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Taiwan president says should remember good things Japan did | Reuters

• Abe raises eyebrows when he's off script | The Japan Times

• Ishin no To faction votes to dissolve party; legality of move questioned | The Japan Times

• Japan to implement ID card following Estonia’s example - Estonian World

• 'We kunnen van Japan leren over omgaan met dementie' - AD.nl

• Japan Today

• Japan revokes passport of man accused of vandalizing shrine with oily liquid | The Japan Times

• British architect wins Japan toilet award and praise for his innovative lavatory - Telegraph

• Japan’s biggest yakuza organization tweets to announce that Halloween is cancelled this year | RocketNews24

• Japan's hidden caste of untouchables - BBC News

• Opposition eyes campaign tie-up | The Japan Times

• Koizumi's political skills to be tested with appointment to LDP's Policy Research Council | The Japan Times

• Japan's so-called visa overstayers tell of life in legal limbo | The Japan Times

• Early images from Japan of geisha and samurai warriors faked to attract tourists | Daily Mail Online

• 'Unbroken' to Finally Be Shown in Japan - The New York Times

• Russia beefs up Kurils military base despite Japan tensions - BBC News

• Asahi Kasei subsidiary worker linked to leaning Yokohama condo handled 41 projects over 10 years, firm reveals | The Japan Times

• Out with the old: the ghost homes of Japan

• Why Most Photos You See of Feudal Japan Are Deceptive | Motherboard

• Vending Machines to Offer Free Rental Umbrellas in Japan - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• The riff: trends behind Japan’s boom in launderettes - FT.com

• Some of Japan's best autumn leaf viewing spots ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• 56% of hotels in Japan bar visitors with tattoos from bathing facilities ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Three cases of whine offer lessons in how not to criticize Japan | The Japan Times

• Hard times for Japan's yakuza gangsters - Yahoo News

• Opposition bloc slams scandal-hit government for shying away from extra Diet session | The Japan Times

• Tokyo can feel less than welcoming to food allergy sufferers | The Japan Times

• Warning: This viral video of high school girls might make you blush | Japan Pulse

• The riff: trends behind Japan’s boom in launderettes - FT.com

• Japan's overseas tourist arrivals surpass those of last year in just nine months | The Japan Times

• Japan's Tightest Labor Market in Decades Hasn't Boosted Spending - Bloomberg Business

• Japan to Pay Cancer Bills for Fukushima Worker - NYTimes.com

• Japan bears a greater responsibility at the U.N. | The Japan Times

• Japan's student protests: To the barricades in designer gear - BBC News

• Scandal wave a whack-a-mole challenge for Japan | smh.com.au

• Rethinking Japan - NYTimes.com

• Tilting condo may be tip of iceberg for shoddy housing construction nationwide | The Japan Times

• Abe eroding Japan's soft power | The Japan Times

• Japan tries to ease South Korea's concern over military role

• Season of scandal hits Japan with flurry of corporate confession | The Japan Times

• Japan to pay Fukushima worker cancer compensation - BBC News

• Harpooned | The Economist

• Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine en masse - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan bevestigt eerste geval van kanker door straling Fukushima | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl

• An increasingly bitter battle of the ages brews in Japan | The Japan Times

• Probe into condo piling launched; ministry eyes punishment for builders | The Japan Times

• Mind Before Matter: How Consciousness is Making a Comeback Through Scientific Exploration | The Mind Unleashed

• A blast from the past as automakers make quiet engines noisy - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Needs an Opposition Alliance | The Diplomat

• PressTV-US, Japan join naval forces in drill

• Japan says PM sent war shrine offering as individual, but China unhappy | Reuters

• Upgraded destroyer USS Benfold arrives at new home in Japan - Pacific - Stripes

• Japan furious at UNESCO listing Nanjing Massacre documents | Asia | DW.COM | 19.10.2015

• Abe becomes first sitting Japanese leader to board U.S. aircraft carrier | The Japan Times

• Slapen In Een Klooster – Honshu centraal, Japan | Columbus Travel

• What's it like to be black in Japan? - BBC News

• Japan's Suga: PM sent ritual offering to Yasukuni as an individual | Daily Mail Online

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