Japan News Articles February 15 - 21

• Rethinking Japan's Deflation Trap: On the Failure to Reach Kuroda Haruhiko's 2% Inflation Target | The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

• Five years later, thoughts of 3/11 continue to overwhelm survivors, survey finds | The Japan Times

• Japan’s ‘global education’: Learning English is not a magic wand – Asia Times

• 'Japan: The Precarious Future' is a sobering summary of looming disasters | The Japan Times

• Opposition parties agree to join forces against LDP - The Japan News

• Japan's Sharp to vote on rival takeover bids on Thursday: sources | Reuters

• Cheap yen and airfare spark foreign tourism boom in Japan

• Japan Today

• Peeling back the layers of money politics | The Japan Times

• Japan Launches Observatory To Study Black Holes And Dying Stars | TechCrunch

• Japan Today

• The good life meets poor growth – the paradox of Japan | afr.com

• Anchors away | The Economist

• Olympus settles with whistleblower over 'abuse of authority' | The Japan Times

• Japan's Shinzo Abe rebukes MPs after Obama 'slave' remark - BBC News

• Japan: Abenomics? How About Kurodanomics? - Bloomberg Business

• Japan exhausted growth options, needs structural reforms: OECD

• Airbnb Faces Major Threat in Japan, Its Fastest-Growing Market - Bloomberg Business

• Panasonic Just Took A Major Step Forward On Gay Rights

• Famed educator says Steve Jobs, Bill Gates would have been ruined by Japanese education system | RocketNews24

• Sex, Graft, Slaves and Radiation: Abe Hit by Slew of Scandals - Bloomberg Business

• LDP reactivates Constitution revision panel | The Japan Times

• In a first, Tepco told to compensate couple for damage stemming from voluntary Fukushima evacuation | The Japan Times

• Twitter Has More Users Than Facebook — in Japan - Digits - WSJ

• Japan’s vanishing golf courses sum up Abenomics - FT.com

• Fanny Lecluyse opgetogen na geslaagde stage in... Japan - De Standaard

• In a rare move, Japan's Panasonic gives corporate blessing to same-sex marriages | Reuters

• U.S.-Japan deal allows daytime flights from Haneda airport

• Japan's exports fall for fourth consecutive month - BBC News

• More Japanese are early birds, fewer read newspapers: survey | The Japan Times

• 5 cultural tips for taking photos in Japan | RocketNews24

• Japanese lawmaker calls Obama descendant of black slaves | The Japan Times

• Polls show Abe is riding out storm of bad news | The Japan Times

• Japan lanceert succevol astronomiesatelliet | Metro

• Lawson's Geek: My Love Affair With Japan's Convenience Stores

• 25% of Japan's disabled have trouble making ends meet | The Japan Times

• Fired Kawasaki caregiver admits throwing three elderly patients to their deaths | The Japan Times

• Actor Stabbed to Death With Sword at Japanese Play Rehearsal - ABC News

• Japan's economy contracts in fourth quarter - BBC News

• Japanese TV anchors lose their jobs amid claims of political pressure | World news | The Guardian

• Big in Japan: Higher Profits, Not Wages - WSJ

• Japan governors urge Tokyo audience to up sticks and move to the countryside | The Japan Times

• Clinton emails show U.S. tried to heal Tokyo-Beijing rift over Senkakus | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• Japan's economy contracts in latest setback for Abe policies - US News

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