Japan News Articles March 21 - 27

• Tepco executives get a taste of citizens' wrath | The Japan Times

• Hokkaido Shinkansen Line commences service

• The Hokkaido Shinkansen Line at a glance | The Japan Times

• Why You Should Learn Japanese Before Visiting Japan - Forbes

• The Global Chef: Cherry blossoms and amazing spring fare in Japan | Local News | record-eagle.com

• Trump:

• Happiness in short supply | The Japan Times

• 'Teflon Abe' gets high marks despite unpopular policies | The Japan Times

• In Japan, all other fruits bow to the top banana | The Japan Times

• Russia considering building naval base in area including disputed isles | The Japan Times

• Japan court rules aquarium had no right to stop Australian activist from entering | smh.com.au

• Japan Today

• Why Do People in Japan Live Longer? - NDTV Food

• Japan executes two prisoners amid protests | World news | The Guardian

• Split, Merge, and Lose? The Future of Party Politics in Japan | The Diplomat

• Japan urged to embrace diversity management as working population shrinks | The Japan Times

• Safety upgrade costs spur Shikoku Electric to ditch plan to restart aging Ehime reactor | The Japan Times

• Japan sends two more inmates to the gallows | The Japan Times

• Japan Opens First Bullet-Train Service to Island of Hokkaido - WSJ

• Japan still can't generate inflation

• Cash Piles Up in Japan While Spending and Investment Wane - Bloomberg Business

• Islamic State a growing threat to East Asia, including Japan: defense review | The Japan Times

• Japan's Abe Taps Experts as He Mulls Delaying 2nd Tax Hike - ABC News

• Shinzo Abe and the Yakuza – SNA Japan

• Twee terdoodveroordeelden opgehangen in Japan - HLN.be

• Government, media equally to blame in debate on free speech, say journalists | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• How Japan justifies its whaling - CSMonitor.com

• Rumored U.S. presidential visit to Hiroshima, Nagasaki stokes mixed reactions | The Japan Times

• Japanese man who reportedly tried to join Islamic State group arrives back home | The Japan Times

• Japan fleet kills 333 whales in Antarctic hunt | Daily Mail Online

• ISIS Aspirant From Japan Arrested In Turkey For Trying To Cross Over To Syria

• Firms filling needs of graying population's aging pets | The Japan Times

• Two Japanese men injured in Brussels bombings named; one remains in coma | The Japan Times

• After taking flak, Abe administration looks to set ceiling on Japan's notorious overtime workload | The Japan Times

• Japan's Mitsui falls after warning of first-ever loss - BBC News

• Agricultural Aftershocks: How Japan is Combatting a Decline in Farming - Modern Farmer

• Octogenarian pickpocket underlines Japan's 'grey crime' crisis - Telegraph

• The shinkansen reaches Hokkaido | The Japan Times

• Japan airport operators step up security, but analysts warn of vulnerabilities | The Japan Times

• Japanse reisorganisatoren annuleren reizen naar België na terreuraanslagen - Reizen - KnackWeekend Mobile

• Japan's ANA suspends Brussels flights through end-March after attacks - Yahoo News

• Japanse touroperators annuleren reizen naar België | AANSLAGEN BRUSSEL | De Morgen

• Runaway Japanese zebra dies in golf course lake - BBC News

• Can Japan work better with no age bias? - BBC News

• Japan seeks alternatives to its pay system - BBC News

• US economist Paul Krugman urges Japan to delay tax increase, up spending - The Economic Times on Mobile

• New security laws take effect next Tuesday but SDF not ready, defense chief says | The Japan Times

• Imperial lather | The Economist

• Lessons in history and bureaucracy lurk within Japan's geographical layer cake | The Japan Times

• Japan’s funeral sector adapts as ‘peak death’ looms - FT.com

• Japan Today

• Japan's retirees: industrial waste or a silver lining? - BBC News

• Mechelse beiaard speelt Japanse melodietjes (Mechelen) - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• Japan Today

• U.S.-Japan security pact still fodder for Trump, but numbers paint different story | The Japan Times

• Japan's commercial land prices in 2015 post first rise in 8 years | Reuters

• 2 British Ships Arrive in Japan to Carry Plutonium to US - ABC News

• Japan Today

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