Japan News Articles February 7 - 14

• What Sumo Wrestling Tells Us About Japan's Economy - Forbes

• Japanese minimalism: What Japan can teach us about living simply

• In Japan, women fight for their Valentines

• Teens stepping up to the plate | The Japan Times

• Japan is losing its drive to get behind the wheel | The Japan Times

• Police to deploy drones for Tokyo Marathon | The Japan Times

• Taking aim at alcohol abuse | The Japan Times

• One slip can sink a salaryman's career | The Japan Times

• Give me chocolate: Japan's growing obsession with the 'food of the gods' | The Japan Times

• Why Kuroda’s ‘Bazooka’ May Be Out of Ammunition - WSJ

• Japan Today

• Japan Today

• Should Japan's major newspapers be given a red card for sponsoring the Olympics? | The Japan Times

• Sin City - Culture / Next

• North Korea Cancels Investigation Into Abductions of Japanese Citizens - NYTimes.com

• Hiking in Japan: 15 awe-inspiring trails

• Love and Libido: Inside One of Japan's Condom Factories - Bloomberg Business

• Abenomics on ropes as reform arrow, BOJ 'bazooka' misfire | The Japan Times

• Sharp elbows | The Economist

• Japanse beurs sluit rampweek af met nieuw monsterverlies - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• Industry, scholars lambast communications minister for comments on silencing broadcasters - The Mainichi

• Japanese shares plunge amid global economic worries - BBC News

• Werkt 'Abenomics' nog wel? | Fondsnieuws

• Vader van sumoworstelaar weent tranen met tuiten en daar heeft hij alle reden toe - HLN.be

• Intimidation via the Broadcast Law | The Japan Times

• In Japan the guys get chocolate on Valentine’s Day | WLBZ2.com

• Seven great Japan walks

• Japan Today

• Japan 'paternity leave' lawmaker quits amid affair scandal - BBC News

• Mobile Web - Weather News - A look at Japan's complex relationship with North Korea

• Japan and its birth rate: the beginning of the end or just a new beginning? | The Japan Times

• Chinese tourists take home glowing views of Japan | The Japan Times

• Swarms of Chinese tourists make it tough for the Japanese to vacation at home - Quartz

• Japan enforces new guidelines for human pyramids in schools - UPI.com

• Introducing the complex refugee experience to Japan | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• How Japan’s ‘Abenomics’ Reached an Impasse - WSJ

• Japan imposes sanctions on North Korea after satellite launch | Reuters

• Mask Culture in Japan | Nippon.com

• Japan's environment minister denies mocking radiation fears of Fukushima residents | The Japan Times

• Japanse ex-maffialeden staan in de rij voor een pink - NRC

• Japan stocks tumble into bear market territory - BBC News

• «Tokyo Vice» : Souvenirs d’un journaliste américain au Japon entre policiers et yakuzas

• Japan's Aso warns against yen rise, describes moves as 'rough' | Reuters

• Japan and the whale - BBC News

• External radiation doses in Fukushima comparable to those of Europe: study | The Japan Times

• Tourists celebrating Lunar New Year holiday with shopping spree in Japan | The Japan Times

• Glass ceiling yet to be broken in Japan politics | The Japan Times

• Fresh Japanese Sanctions Against North Korea Imminent

• Downfall of Japanese TV’s girl next door highlights wider industry sexism | World news | The Guardian

• A middle-aged boy band illustrates what’s wrong with Japan’s corporate culture - Quartz

• U.N. rapporteur urges Japan to consider law banning hate speech | The Japan Times

• For Tokyo, Olympic pride – but at what cost to Japan’s economy? - The Globe and Mail

• All-you-can-eat restaurants just what customers ordered in Yokohama Chinatown - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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