Sunset in Hayama. Dec 30

19 photos here

Sunset. Katase Beach. 28 Dec

32 photos here

Lunch

Lunch at Kamakura Matsubara-an with Marina & Joost

16 photos here

Japan News Articles (23 Dec - 29 Dec)

• Abe Slaps America's Face

• In Textbook Fight, Japan Leaders Seek to Recast History - NYTimes.com

• A Shifting View of Japanese History - NYTimes.com

• In Textbook Fight, Japan Leaders Seek to Recast History - NYTimes.com

• Aiming to Reinvent Itself, Panasonic Moves Beyond the Living Room - NYTimes.com

• Japanese prime minister’s visit to war memorial was provocative act - The Washington Post

• Geisha girls, robots and temples: Discover Japan's modern technology and ancient spirit | Travel | Life & Style | Daily Express

• Japan to provide medical services overseas by 2020 | Big News Network

• Anger spreads in Asia over Abe’s visit to Yasukuni - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Miss Japan Ikumi Yoshimatsu joins battle against mafia in the media - Asia - World - The Independent

• BBC News - Japan moves close to beating 15 years of falling prices

• Kritiek op bezoek premier Japan aan monument - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Kerncentrale Fukushima vraagt 7 miljard euro staatssteun

• Apple verkoopt 'gelukstassen' in Japan | Hardware.Info Nederland

• Japan stemt in met relocatie VS-legerbasis

• Beetje Nederland In Japan.. – Kyushu, Japan | Reisreporter.nl

• Another backward step by Abe | The Japan Times

• Japan halfway to inflation target but wages remain key - The Economic Times

• INSIGHT: 'Unstoppable' Abe marches on to Yasukuni Shrine - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Yasukuni visit by 'emperor in new clothes' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s national-security strategy: Island defence | The Economist

• ‘Japan too proud to ask for Fukushima foreign help’ — RT Op-Edge

• Bike-riding bureaucracy may threaten the classic 'obāchan dismount' | The Japan Times

• AFP: War shrine shows limit in US support to Japan

• Nieuw eilandje ten zuiden van Tokio smelt samen met ouder eiland

• Washington vexed by Abe Yasukuni visit | The Japan Times

• Abe's visit to Yasukuni to further incite hard-liners in China, South Korea | The Japan Times

• Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine a futile act of self-righteousness - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese prime minister Abe visits controversial war shrine - CNN.com

• Japanese PM Abe visits shrine for war dead, China angered | Reuters

• Are Japan-China relations trapped in the past? - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse premier bezoekt omstreden schrijn

• Japan Shrine An Unwelcome Symbol for Many - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Nakaima cuts deal with Abe | The Japan Times

• First lady scrutinizes blackballing of beauty queen | The Japan Times

• Inwoners Fukushima mogen met eindejaar naar huis

• Virtual women lure men to Japan's vending machines | Crave - CNET

• Yasukuni visit is pledge against war: Japan PM Abe - Yahoo News

• Haast niemand wil eindejaar in Fukushima vieren - HLN.be

• Christmas In Japan Is Finger Lickin’ Good (KFC Christmas) | Tofugu

• Emperor marks 80th birthday, looks back at his life - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: LDP specialty makes a comeback - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Navy sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue | New York Post

• Emperor's funeral plan praised in aging Japan, elderly urged to make own life-end plans early | Star Tribune

• This year's buzzwords show how Japanese is evolving | The Japan Times

• Abe's second strike against freedoms | The Japan Times

• Emperor turns 80, aims to do best in shadow of father time | The Japan Times

• Aging population pushes up sales of adult diapers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Daily Japan News Articles links are here..

Fujisan - 28 Dec

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Long Island Cocktail

Yokohama Skyline

Walk in Hayama

22 photos

Mt. Fuji - Dec 24

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Bounenkai 2013

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Quote

"My crown is in my heart, not on my head; Not decked with diamonds and Indian stones. Nor to be seen. My crown is called content: A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy." - Shakespeare

Japan News Articles 16 Dec - 22 Dec

• Early End-Life Plan for Elderly in Aging Japan - ABC News

• Business - Record Japan budget

• Does Japanese Shunga turn porn into art? | Katie Engelhart | Comment is free | theguardian.com

• Getting on with life in Japan after tsunami's mental challenges

• Abe controls direction of policy debate | The Japan Times

• UPDATE: Tokyo governor goes from Olympic-bid hero to disgraced 'amateur' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• La Miss japonaise qui défie les yakuza - France - France 24

• Vivre le Japon | Hikari Editions

• Japan Unveils Record Budget for 2014 as Debt Burden Mounts - Bloomberg

• BBC News - China denounces Japanese military strategy

• Probability of powerful quake raised for Kanto region - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan achieves 10 million tourist target for 2013 | The Japan Times

• Kyushu fisheries boss shot dead | The Japan Times

• Conflict tussen China en Japan om eilandjes zit diep - Buitenland - Reformatorisch Dagblad

• Japan’s national-security strategy: Island defence | The Economist

• Japan in Depth / Hospital sale talks with Tokuda led to Inose’s fall - The Japan News

• Japanese gov’t to pay more for Fukushima cleanup - The Washington Post

• EDITORIAL: What Tokyo must do in preparing for the Big One - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s largest airline targets UK travellers, with new route between London and Tokyo

• Mt. Fuji Photo Collection 2013 - Japan Travel Blog

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• Shisaku: Inose's Fall And After

• Japan’s Miss International Takes on Mob-Backed Entertainment Complex - The Daily Beast

• BBC News - Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose resigns over money scandal

• Tokyo governor announces resignation over money scandal - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Defectors from Your Party form new opposition force | The Japan Times

• Chicago Tribune - Abe labor reforms may boost Japan's 'disposable' workers, crimp wages

• A secrets law for whom? Look who gets a free pass | The Japan Times

• Tepco geeft de laatste twee reactoren van Fukushima op - HLN.be

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• Handelstekort Japan stijgt verder - Beursduivel.nl

• Defectors from Your Party form new opposition force | The Japan Times

• Voyage au cœur de la centrale de Fukushima

• Calls grow for Tokyo Governor Inose to resign over money scandal - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Survey finds thousands of workplaces rampant with labor violations - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse economie zendt schizofrene signalen uit - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• EDITORIAL: Abe's national security strategy undermines Japan's postwar pacifism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Alweer een uitdijend conflict | www.dagelijksestandaard.nl

• Japan takes defence policy into uncharted waters | euronews, world news

• BBC News - Japan's military revolution hints at Shinzo Abe's nationalist aims

• Japan as Galápagos Again--Now It's the Cars - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• A Life of Noodles Comes Full Circle - NYTimes.com

• Japans kaartenhuisje kan eerder vroeg dan laat instorten - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan’s Dangerous Anachronism - NYTimes.com

• Japan and national security: Island defence | The Economist

• Kyojima: Tokyo's epicenter of disaster risk? | The Japan Times

• Abe shows totalitarian bent | The Japan Times

• Japan business mood hits six-year high as 'Abenomics' takes hold | Reuters

• Japan verhoogt militaire uitgaven om eilanden te beschermen - De Standaard

• BBC News - Japan boosts military forces to counter China

• Abe shows totalitarian bent | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Top Voice - High, Polite and on the Phone - NYTimes.com

Daily Japan News Articles links are here..

Fujisan - Dec 22

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Party @Anisur

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Fujisan - Dec 12

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Fujisan Early Morning

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The view from the roof today

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Time-lapse December 10

From 4:08pm to 5:44pm

In the bar

Night in Yokohama

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Weekly Selection Japan News Articles

• UN recognises unpalatable truth: Japan cuisine dying - Indian Express

• U.S. welcomes Japan's secrecy law: official | GlobalPost

• More women working for less | The Japan Times

• Re-examining Yasujiro Ozu on film | The Japan Times

• Japan whaling ships leave for Antarctic hunt | SciTech | GMA News Online

• Sino-Japanese tensions more a matter of muscle-flexing than a lead-up to war - The Irish Times - Fri, Dec 06, 2013

• AFP: Japanese parliament passes controversial secrets law

• Japan feared to extend air zone over Dokdo: observers

• Record outdoor radiation level detected at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Le Japon protège ses secrets et verrouille les libertés - Libération

• Ruling coalition acts alone as thousands protest state secrets law - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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• INTERVIEW/ Peter Bradford: Independent watchdog needed to monitor Fukushima work - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• UPDATE: Diet enacts state secrets law despite widespread protests - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Biden urges Seoul-Tokyo co-operation amid Asia tensions

• Japan zet weer in op kernenergie - Kernenergie - De Morgen

• Japan gaat nog veel meer geld bijdrukken -

• AFP: Japan set to pass secrets law despite public outcry

• Princess Masako’s health improves ahead of 50th birthday - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Upper House committee approves secrets bill despite oversight concerns - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• In Japan, no escape from The Eye's perpetual policing glare | The Japan Times

• Hele wereld houdt van sushi, behalve de Japanse jeugd - Buitenland - De Morgen

• NOS.nl

• Japan Wages Must Rise for Abenomics Success: GS Matsui - Businessweek

• 'Japan pakt problematiek Fukushima nu beter aan' | nu.nl/buitenland | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

• Japan Keeps Three-Star Culinary Title - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Grijpt Japan naar de wapens nu het nog kan? - Opinie - De Morgen

• Biden Backs Ally Japan but Avoids Roiling China - NYTimes.com

• The Economist explains: Who really owns the Senkaku islands? | The Economist

• Foreign journalists in Japan raise concerns over state secrets protection bill - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• EDITORIAL: Diet abandoning mission as one of 3 powers of government - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Movie industry starts group against state secrets bill - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The politics of secrets | The Japan Times

• Japan food scandals, poor regulation hurting premium food export push - Australia Network News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Japan's secrets bill turns journalists into terrorists | The Japan Times

• U.S. backs Japan against ADIZ: Biden | The Japan Times

• The politics of secrets | The Japan Times

• Japan proposes more steps to store Fukushima water - The Washington Post

• Japan PM: U.S.-Japan alliance basis to dealing with China's actions | Reuters

• Japan Salaries Extend Slide as Inflation Begins to Take Root - Bloomberg

• Japan's yakuza mobsters becoming 'Goldman Sachs with guns' | GlobalPost

• In touristy Tokyo, Harajuku still stands out from the crowd | The Japan Times

• Shinzo Abe heeft een wonder nodig om Abenomics te doen slagen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• „Christendom staat haaks op Japans denken” - Kerknieuws - Kerk & Religie

• Ishiba softens criticism of bill protesters | The Japan Times

• Between dreams and discrimination, Japanese build new lives in the City by the Bay | The Japan Times

• Abenomics zal het probeem van de Japanse overheidsschulden niet oplossen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan diplomat held over arson, embezzlement in DR Congo | GlobalPost

• Japans bedrijf wil enorme energiecentrale gaan bouwen op de maan | Astroblogs

• Japan students regain rankings in 2012 international academic tests | GlobalPost

• Eco-Cars and Sports Cars Among the Highlights at the Tokyo Motor Show | Nippon.com

• Unprocessed radioactive waste in Tokai could explode if safeties fail - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INTERVIEW/ Joe Biden: Japan, China need crisis management framework - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Store closure marks the end of an era in Tokyo's Akihabara | PCWorld

• Nightnomics: 1 in 20 Japanese adult women worked in sex industry | The Tokyo Reporter

• Yuma most popular name for baby boys in 2013; Yuina for girls ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Minato Mirai. Evening Walk

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Climbing Mt. Mitsutoge & short detour to Yamanaka-ko

27 photos & 2 videos

Weekly Selection Japan News Articles Nov. 24 - Nov. 30

• Japan baffled by U.S. telling airlines to respect new Chinese air zone - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• LDP senior official causes uproar, labeling noisy protests as terrorism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan takes China airspace issue before U.N. agency - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

• Japanese young people not having sex? The Guardian and the border of racism | Modern Tokyo Times

• Why Japan's hot spring towns want casinos | ABS-CBN News

• U.S. 'advising' airlines to 'comply' with China on disputed zone - CNN.com

• Leading drugmaker Takeda picks French exec as first foreign boss | The Japan Times

• Book review: ‘Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy,’ by Eri Hotta | Dallas Morning News

• China sends fighters to ID flights by US, Japan over disputed zone - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com

• Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Japan’s Abe appoints first ever female PM aide

• Japan's top drugmaker appoints first foreign boss | GlobalPost

• Abe vows to remain steadfast on China | The Japan Times

• Two-thirds of department stores in Japan misrepresenting food: industry | The Japan Times

• Waarom maken China en Japan steeds ruzie om een paar eilanden? - Nieuws - VK

• China achtervolgt Amerikaanse en Japanse vliegtuigen - De Standaard

• Japan's menu scandal leaves bad aftertaste

• Japan’s new Secrets Bill Threatens To Muzzle The Press and Whistleblowers

• Radio 1 - Tien jaar de cel in voor het publiceren van overheidsinformatie in Japan - 14:05 29-11-2013

• Ghosn: ‘Mijn opvolger moet Japans zijn’ | Autonieuws - AutoWeek.nl

• Japan: Man switched at birth regrets lost life | News24

• Japan’s Mega Banks Have Mega Yakuza Trouble

• China, Japan and America: Face-off | The Economist

• AFP: Japan's lower house passes secrecy bill

• Shinjuku Gyoen to return to prewar look with makeover help from France - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Mer de Chine orientale : vive tension entre Tokyo et Pékin

• Japan's lower house passes secrecy bill - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan’s enduring political inequality just won’t go away - The Washington Post

• Why Are Japan’s Apologies Forgotten? | The Diplomat

• New volcanic island in Ogasawara chain gains solidity - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Japan approves new state secrecy bill to combat leaks

• Japanse luchtvaart negeert verdedigingszone - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Amerikaanse B52's in

• Helaas alleen voor Japan - Daihatsu Kopen

• Japan gets support over China fly zone but airlines comply | GulfNews.com

• Criticism of China's ADIZ increases; Japanese airlines do a policy U-turn | The Japan Times

• AFP: Japan announces major farm policy shakeup

• Meer 'staatsgeheim' in Japan - NOS Nieuws

• Japans echtpaar overleeft twaalf dagen in moeras – Metro

• Asian airlines to give flight plans to China after airspace zone - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Is the JLPT really worth it? | The Japan Times

• Foreign trainees still falling prey to Japanese employers | The Japan Times

• Cabinet's approval rating falls to 57.9% | The Japan Times

• Chicago Tribune - U.N. nuclear agency begins review of Japan's Fukushima plant

• Japan PM Abe says China air defence zone move ‘dangerous’ - Livemint

• Yasukuni and the Enshrinement of War Criminals | Nippon.com

• Measures for Contaminated Water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station | Nippon.com

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Autumn

Autumn in Fujisawa. Along Sakai River

Birthday!

Fujisan - 29 Nov

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Fujisan - Nov 28

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Carbonade flamande

Het was een keer tijd om stoofvlees te maken

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Lunch @IKEA

Home

Kugenuma Beach

Night in Yokohama

Selected Japan News Articles - Nov 18 - Nov 24

• Divorced parents take to streets in fight for right to see children - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Foreign brands still minnows in Japanese car market | GlobalPost

• A ski trip to Hokkaido island, Japan | Herald Sun

• Secrecy bill dodges public debate | The Japan Times

• China's new air defense zone above Senkakus

• Nuclear whistle-blower spills secrets the way the media should | The Japan Times

• Back to the future: Shinto's growing influence in politics | The Japan Times

• Nieuw rondje spierballengerol over eilandengroep

• Japanese wigs prove a hot fashion item with African women - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• U.N. experts wary of Japan's state secrets protection bill - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abenomics dreigt Abe-non-ics te worden, alles loopt mis in Japan - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Foreign trainees in Japan face exploitation - The Washington Post

• Japan counts on survival of new island to expand territorial waters - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Is een traineeship in Japan exploitatie of een investering? - nrc.nl

• Japan wil zelfrijdende auto’s voor ‘grijze golf’ - Nieuws - Engineersonline.nl

• Parliamentary democracy without a viable opposition | The Japan Times

• New official site to state case for Senkakus, Takeshima | The Japan Times

• Japan Explodes with Enthusiasm Over Solar Energy

• Japan - Governor of Tokyo Embroiled in Loan Scandal - NYTimes.com

• Japan's hospitals to get language boost for 2020 Games | Asia News | South East Asia News | AsiaOne

• Anti-Korea protesters attack Kyoto court's 'discrimination' ruling - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse sterspeler Honda ontdekt door Oostendenaar Rudy Bent... - Sportwereld

• Japan: short breaks in Tokyo - Telegraph

• Volcano rises from sea to form new islet | The Japan Times

• Archive data for years have shown 'comfort women' were taken by force: professor | The Japan Times

• Japan's love for curry means endless variety | The Japan Times

• Japan and the poor: On yer bike | The Economist

• Japan reports volcano raises island in seas far south of Tokyo - The Washington Post

• Tobias Harris | Why Abe Won't Embrace Neoliberalism | Foreign Affairs

• Automobielmanagement.nl - Japan wil zelfrijdende auto’s voor ‘grijze golf’ - Auto & Technologie

• Government changes tack on finding disposal site for radioactive waste - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Cuddly Rabbit Island in Japan has something of a sinister past | Public Radio International

• Rode Duivels onderuit tegen sterk Japan - VoetbalNieuws.be

• Fukushima job feared too perilous for Tepco | The Japan Times

• Japan's Abe Mulling Lower Sales Tax Rate on Essentials

• Japanese toilets not just for dirty business - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan eert Haiku Herman - De Standaard

• 'Absurd' decision names prime minister as third-party overseer of state secrets - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Belgische routerfabrikant eWon trekt naar Japan - Nieuws - Datanews.be - Datanews.be

• Nuclear power plants in disarray: Lack of waste burial site to delay Tokai reactor decommissioning - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• TEPCO begins removing nuclear fuel at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan waarschuwt Rode Duivels met sterke match tegen Nederland - Sportwereld

• Cracks in Tepco's 3/11 narrative | The Japan Times

• Fukushima evacuees' housing units crumbling | The Japan Times

• Japan meets Kyoto goal via credit buys | The Japan Times

• Japan's emissions excuse 'misleading' | Business Spectator

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Fujisan Early Morning - Nov 23