Japan Selected New Articles: 18 March - 24 March

• Strict conditions hamper certification system for foreign skilled workers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Teachers return to clean classrooms 2 years after Fukushima disaster - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• In a nation shaken to its core, Japan's leaders offer more of the same - The Japan Times

• Accident highlights nuclear peril - The Japan Times

• EU and Japan: Moving the partnership forward : Commentary : Columns : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Kersenbloesemseizoen in Japan van start | Wereldnieuws

• Forget Cyprus, Japan Is The Real Crisis - Forbes

• Fukushima cleanup contractors told workers to lie about pay in 'surprise' inspections - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Arrival of cherry blossoms reminder of our brief, fragile existence - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• A-bomb museum to remove human replicas : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Tokyo cherry blossoms in full bloom - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Mt. Fuji Eruption Seen to Force 750,000 People to Evacuate - JIJI PRESS

• Plan eludes for fissile plutonium - The Japan Times

• Tepco snubs ¥10.5 billion cleanup tab - The Japan Times

• EU stelt top met Japan uit - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Japan’s Leader, Shinzo Abe, Tries to Restart Plan to Move Okinawan Base - NYTimes.com

• Masks galore: Japanese ward off pollen, pollution - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Europees handelstekort met Japan gehalveerd in 2012 - Economie - De Morgen

• Female Officers Get Command of Warships In Japan For First Time | TIME.com

• Japan unlikely to pay its way out of fix - CNN.com

• PHOTO ESSAY: Graduation at Keio University a sartorial look to past, present - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• IN BEELD. Kersenbloesems in Tokio uitzonderlijk vroeg i... (1) - De Standaard

• Bluefin may be on brink of collapse; Japan's appetite isn't - The Japan Times

• North Korea threatens to hit U.S. bases in Japan - The Japan Times

• '95 Aum subway gas attack marked - The Japan Times

• Tepco smells a rat in Fukushima No. 1 fuel pool cooling glitch - The Japan Times

• Japan: is geluk te koop? - OverGeld | Lees het laatste financiële nieuws op OverGeld.nl van De Telegraaf [Arnout van Rijn]

• Opnieuw hoog handelstekort Japan - Beursduivel.nl

• Fukushima blackout investigators examine dead rat - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Grand Central launches Japan Week - The Japan Times

• Robots have failed Fukushima Daiichi and Japan - Fortune Tech

• Fukushima Blackout Hints at Plant’s Vulnerability - NYTimes.com

• Japan retains tight borders by welcoming only 18 refugees in 2012 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• ANALYSIS: Cooling failure brings renewed criticism of lax TEPCO - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Maps reveal how Japan’s cities were destroyed in World War II | Elsevier Connect

• 5 million to use shelters after Nankai quake : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• China's new diplomats signal thaw with Japan, keeping U.S. at bay

• Why Japan and China could accidentally end up at war | FP Passport

• 2012 saw record-high 2,545 people apply for refugee status in Japan - The Japan Times

• Drug-resistant bacteria makes its way to Japan - The Japan Times

• Tokyo Metro to make cell services available on all lines - The Japan Times

• LDP breaks out election mascots - The Japan Times

• Outgoing Bank of Japan head warns no quick fix to Japan's deflation | Reuters

• Panel: Quake off southern coast could cost 40 percent of Japan's GDP - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Power at Fukushima nuclear fuel ponds 'partially restored'

• Convenience stores boost eat-in areas / Offer revised menus, coffee to better compete with rivals, fast-food restaurants : Business : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Stroom valt uit in kerncentrale van Fukushima

• Japan PM Abe's Pacific trade pact gambit pays off, for now

• Duvel Tripel Hop lonkt naar Japan | Belg.be

• Japan’s Anti-Nuclear Activists Losing Ground Since Fukushima Disaster - The Daily Beast

• Japan Joins the Trans-Pacific Partnership – Finally! | Brookings Institution

• Japan Cherry Blossoms 2013: Flowers Match Earliest Bloom Ever (PHOTOS) - The Huffington Post

• Radiation from Japan's nuclear disaster may help track Pacific bluefin tuna - San Jose Mercury News

• Cooling units for spent fuel pools remain suspended at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fukushima Radiation Proves Less Deadly Than Feared - Bloomberg

• Crippled Japanese nuclear plant suffers blackout - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan fears French copter device may aid China's Senkakus campaign - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Best to consult an expert before getting a cryptic kanji tattoo - The Japan Times

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• Chinese officials admit to MSDF radar lock allegations - The Japan Times

• Au Japon aussi, on débat fébrilement du mariage gay | Japon Information

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