Street cats

Soup

Yokohama Port

Sunset

4:46pm

Fujisan - 27 Jan

8:03am

dinner

Selected Japan News Articles 20 Jan - 26 Jan

• BBC News - Japan food pesticide scare: Factory worker arrested

• Japan NHK head's 'comfort women' remark stirs controversy | Business Standard

• AFP: Japan arrests factory worker over suspected food poisoning

• New NHK chief: 'comfort women' only wrong per 'today's morality'; programming must push Japan's territorial stances | The Japan Times

• All eyes on the new NHK chief | The Japan Times

• Over 1 in 10 men have experienced 'paternity harassment': survey | The Japan Times

• Abe's remarks on WWI parallels to be clarified | The Japan Times

• Japan to clarify Abe's remarks on WWI parallels in Davos | GlobalPost

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• Barakan says broadcasters told him to avoid nuclear issues till after poll | The Japan Times

• ANALYSIS: Fallout lingering from Abe's World War I reference - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Worst-case scenario thinking and Fukushima radiation | Deep Sea News

• Don't let ANA off the hook for that offensive ad | The Japan Times

• Abe talks economy, not diplomatic rifts, at Diet opener | The Japan Times

• TSUKIJI: The beating heart of the global sushi industry - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe tells world to stand up to China or face consequences ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Tokyo voters unhappy with nuclear focus | The Japan Times

• Japan PM defends shrine visit, says no intention to offend | GlobalPost

• Japan tries to clear air on Abe's 1914 comparison- Nikkei Asian Review

• Hosokawa to play Tokyo nuke card | The Japan Times

• Bloed van de dolfijnen vermengt zich met het water | Volg het nieuws terwijl het gebeurt

• Japon: poursuite de la chasse aux dauphins malgré la controverse - YouTube

• Japan-China tensions take center-stage with Abe in Davos | Reuters

• Japan's Abe Defends Yasukuni Shrine Visit - Davos Live - WSJ

• Japan's ANA pulls big nose TV ad after online furore | Reuters

• Japan's nuclear waste problem | The Japan Times

• Japan to establish clear rules on international divorce disputes | The Japan Times

• Japan defends dolphin hunting at Taiji Cove - CNN.com

• Large amount of cesium flowed into ocean after 2011 typhoon - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 76% of students graduating in March have jobs | The Japan Times

• Faut-il aller voir « Le vent se lève », dernier film de Hayao Miyazaki ?

• Japan fishermen take cover to slaughter dolphins in face of Western criticism | Reuters

• Japan slacht weer tientallen dolfijnen af - De Standaard

• Japanse dief valt in slaap tijdens overval - De Standaard

• Is Japan's aging population a good thing? – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs

• VS willen dat Japan stopt met het manipuleren van de koers van de yen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Dolfijnen gevangen om op te eten - De Standaard

• ANA to alter ad after stereotype complaints - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Foreign men sound off on difficulties of having a Japanese wife ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japanese airline sorry over 'racist' ad | Economy | GMA News Online

• Nago mayor wins re-election in blow to Abe, U.S. | The Japan Times

• Affluent Chinese pick Japan as their top holiday destination for 2014 - eTurboNews.com

• Duo shatter stereotypes of China, Japan through photos of children - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• U.S. envoy Kennedy tweets concern over Taiji dolphin hunt ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

little street cat

Sunset time-lapse

Fujisan - Jan 24

3:44pm


4:53pm

Fujisan - Jan 23

6:44am


9:31am

Sunset - Jan21

4:34pm


4:47pm

Patrick's Birthday

Dinner

Selected Japan News Articles 13 Jan - 19 Jan

• Base opponent Inamine wins in Nago mayor election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• All Nippon Airways uses crude racial humor in TV commercial | Japan Probe

• Japan to double tourists by 2020 | Bangkok Post: news

• Japan to ease permanent resident conditions for foreign professionals | ABS-CBN News

• More workers taking vacation | The Japan Times

• Hosokawa eyes no nukes by 2020 | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Response to Fukushima Should Worry Us All | Dissident Voice

• debito.org » Blog Archive » ANA ad on Haneda Airport as emerging international Asian hub, talks about changing “the image of Japan” to White Caucasian! Ish.

• Abe-Koizumi duel looms in Tokyo gubernatorial election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan approves Tepco business plan - UPI.com

• Businessman missing in Tokyo is found alive in Yorkshire 'after running from Japanese mafia' | Mail Online

• Japanese rice vodka. Better than sake? - Weekend Sip - MarketWatch

• Quake-hit Kobe calls for vigilance 19 years on | The Japan Times

• Ditch reactors, don't focus on Olympics: Hosokawa quote | The Japan Times

• More Japanese opting to have ashes scattered at sea after death - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Volunteers Crowdsource Radiation Monitoring to Map Potential Risk on Every Street in Japan | Democracy Now!

• Protests Grow in Japan: "We Want to Bring Our Message to the World to Stop Nuclear Power Plants" | Democracy Now!

• Mayor of Town That Hosted Fukushima Nuclear Plant Says He Was Told: “No Accident Could Ever Happen” | Democracy Now!

• "We Want to Fight For This Cause": Nuclear Refugees from Fukushima Join Anti-Nuke Protests | Democracy Now!

• De prijs van Fukushima: Japanse vis is gedoemd (en sushi ook...)

• Japan and America: Surrounded by sharks | The Economist

• Lateline - 12/11/2010: Japanese holdouts fought for decades after WWII

• Fukushima Watch: In for the Long Haul - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• 'Iron-hearted' manager in charge of ending Fukushima nuclear crisis - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Eén - Iedereen beroemd - Japanse trommelaar | Eén

• Japan's Beer Drinkers Still Not Raising a Glass to Abenomics - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japon: un membre de la secte Aum jugé

• New theory questions Hachiko's loyalty, says chicken tidbits the answer - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Taxi company under fire for refusing ride to anti-nuclear lawmaker - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Court: Police can gather personal information on Muslims - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Nuclear Hangover

• No refuge from booze in Tokyo, paradise for alcoholics in denial | The Japan Times

• No refuge from booze in Tokyo, paradise for alcoholics in denial | The Japan Times

• Tepco business plan, including July reactor restarts, gets official OK | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan's Toshiba to buy 60% stake in UK nuclear venture

• Dagblad De Limburger - Limburgs Dagblad

• Don't forget Tohoku in rejoicing over Tokyo Olympics, says Keene - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 『極道』第一回：右翼 - Gokudo Ep.1: The Right-Wing Connection - YouTube

• BBC News - Japan's Suntory buys Jim Beam drinks group in $16bn deal

• Japan bezoeken low budget style (Column) door game over retry - InsideGamer

• Japan's Obama problem | The Japan Times

• Hosokawa to run, gets nuke foe Koizumi's nod | The Japan Times

• Japan Airlines says smoke seen coming from Boeing 787 battery

• Chicago Tribune - Japan self-defense ship, fishing boat collide; two in critical condition

• UPDATE 4-Japan Air grounds Boeing 787 after battery problem | Reuters

• Au Japon, un étudiant de 19 ans devient l’«homme chanceux de l’année» - Le Figaro Étudiant

• » Japanese Economic Mythbusting:: Néojaponisme » Blog Archive

• NewsWires : euronews : the latest international news as video on demand

• Japan's Koizumi backs fellow ex-PM in opposing nuclear power | Reuters

• Former Prime Minister Hosokawa to run for Tokyo governor with Koizumi's backing - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan No Longer an Export Powerhouse - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Feestdag voor Japanse 20-jarigen - Foto - VK

• BBC News - Japan: Concern over dementia-related railway accidents

• Japon : le nouvel impérialisme | ARTE Journal | Monde | fr - ARTE

• Japanese Begin to Question Protections Given to Homegrown Rice - NYTimes.com

• Japon : ami à tout prix

• Abe leading Japan to a dead end - People's Daily Online

• 'Playful' and healthy, soybean snack resembles real thing - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ex-Japan PM Mori to head Tokyo 2020 committee - Sportsnet.ca

• Teaching or brainwashing? | The Japan Times

• U.S. Army tested biological weapons in Okinawa | The Japan Times

• Happy Coming of Age Day - WSJ.com

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Fujisan & The Moon - Jan 19

6:54am. Fujisan & The Moon

Osanbashi Pier

Tachiishi Park Sunset - Jan 16

12 photos here

Fujisan - Jan 16

7:55am

Sunset - Jan 15

3:31pm


4:47pm


4:49pm

Sunset - Jan 14

4:33pm

The Moon - Jan 13

7:04pm

Selected Japan News Articles 6 Jan - 12 Jan

• Haruki Murakami | Radio1

• Highly irradiated fish caught near crippled Japan nuclear plant | GlobalPost

• Japan must show respect: France | AsiaOne

• Japan in sharp contrast to Germany: China | Mizo News

• An inside look at the anime industry | The Japan Times

• POINT OF VIEW/ Maki Okubo: 'We've been lied to,' said ex-Prime Minister Koizumi - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• China, Japan envoys ‘face off’ on BBC - CHINA - WORLD - Globaltimes.cn

• Japan must show respect: France|Asia-Pacific|chinadaily.com.cn

• MOVIN' OUT TO ASIA: Youngsters leaving in droves for career advancement overseas - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Why Japan's builders are eyeing more foreign workers | ABS-CBN News

• Any Hosokawa presence in Tokyo race bad for Abe | The Japan Times

• Security put in spotlight after escape | The Japan Times

• Japan wil car carriers beboeten - Shipping - Transport en logistiek - Trends.be

• Japan emperor`s record may shed light on his war role

• Ex-PM Hosokawa Looks to Energize Race for Tokyo Governor - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Big in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Crime rate in Japan falls for the 11th straight year | The Japan Times

• Guardian News Website - Japan seeks hotline with China, plays down shrine visit

• Japan murders fall to record low | GlobalPost

• Les différences entre le système scolaire français et japonais

• Japan police nab escaped rape suspect after nationwide manhunt | Star Tribune

• France, Japan vow to strengthen defence ties amid China spat - Channel NewsAsia

• Hosokawa gears up for Tokyo race | The Japan Times

• LDP drops past campaign pledge to 'never wage a war' | The Japan Times

• Fuel meltdown experiment eyed to learn more about Fukushima crisis | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan PM Shinzo Abe to pledge $14bn to Africa

• Japan Re-Shapes Its National Security Strategy « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary

• Japan to put 280 remote islands under state control | Firstpost

• Vijf doden bij ontploffing in chemische fabriek in Japan

• Japan factory explosion: ‘Multiple deaths’, say police | GulfNews.com

• LDP action plan calls for continued visits to Yasukuni Shrine - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Hosokawa weighs run for Tokyo governor - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Rape suspect caught after massive manhunt | The Japan Times

• Rape suspect caught after massive manhunt | The Japan Times

• Sony’s Cloud Push, A Shift Out of Hardware? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Nissan, Toyota, Honda China sales hit record | The Japan Times

• China takes propaganda war with Japan to United Nations - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan food probe widens as 1,400 reportedly fall sick | My Sinchew

• Japan marks record high 11.25 million foreign visitors in 2013 | GlobalPost

• Voldemort heeft hoofdrol in ruzie tussen China en Japan - HLN.be

• Sample quiet rhythms of Tokyo neighborhood Yanaka

• 1.000 Japanners ziek door giftige diepvriesproducten

• Japan's nuclear agreement with Turkey allows uranium enrichment - UPI.com

• Masuzoe to run for Tokyo governor | The Japan Times

• Rivals China and Japan deploy Harry Potter villain Voldemort in spat - CNN.com

• Chinese publieke opinie wordt steeds meer anti-Japan - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Ex-Health Minister Masuzoe Seen As Strong Candidate For Tokyo Governor - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• 4.000 agenten zoeken verkrachter in Japan - Buitenland - De Morgen

• First lady says she is connecting prime minister, opponents - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan in 2014: Can Abe manage China tensions? – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs

• Japon: les dessous pas très chics des princesses Disney - Libération

• Why are China and Japan accusing each other of being Voldemort? (+video) - CSMonitor.com

• Vivre le Japon chez Hikari Éditions

• 'Solar girl' sheds reliance on Tepco for spartan life on the edge of the grid | The Japan Times

• LDP's secrecy law propaganda | The Japan Times

• Massive amount of pesticide found in frozen croquette | The Japan Times

• Japan's ageing population could actually be good news - health - 07 January 2014 - New Scientist

• Japanse keizer 25 jaar op de troon - Buitenland - VK

• Geheime Japanse superduikboten moesten VS demoraliseren - Boeken - Knack.be

• Abe: Families wouldn't visit new memorial for war dead - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe’s Profane Pilgrimage - NYTimes.com

• Japan's Abe wants to explain shrine visit to China, Korea | GlobalPost

• Sea Shepherd legt

• Attracting more tourists to Japan | The Japan Times

• Abe tries to talk up pay, talk down Asia strains | The Japan Times

• The World’s Most Expensive Fish Just Got Cheaper - Businessweek

• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Coalition Partner | SNA Japan

• Japan's Abe to explain shrine visit - World News | IOL News | IOL.co.za

• Sea Shepherd legt

• BBC News - Japanese shares can 'keep on going up'

• Hitachino Nest Brewery in Japan Offers Craft Beer Workshops - Scene Asia - WSJ

• Impress your hosts with osechi meanings | The Japan Times

• 'Big One' will halve Tokyo power supply | The Japan Times

• Abe, Xi at odds but share outlook | The Japan Times

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Pour l'apéritif

Petits roulés feuilletés à la saucisse

Fujisan - Jan 12

4:21pm


4:36pm

Sukiyaki

Sukiyaki to beat the cold weather

Mt. Fuji - Jan 11

7:59am


4:41pm

Hayama

Mt. Fuji - 7 Jan

8:49am

Mt. Fuji - Jan 6

8:19am


4:41pm

Selected Japan News Articles 30 Dec - 5 Jan

• Otoshidama: How kids in Japan get rich once a year | RocketNews24

• U.S. urges Japan to fix ties with neighbors - The Japan News

• Secret behind global success of Japanese popular culture | Inquirer Lifestyle

• Encensé par Spielberg et par la critique, « Tel père, tel fils » mérite ses louanges | Les plans cul[ture] de la rédac | Rue89 Les blogs

• Commentary: Asia's Worst Nightmare: A China-Japan War | The National Interest

• Abe steps on Washington's toes | The Japan Times

• Special Report: Japan's homeless recruited for murky Fukushima clean-up | Reuters

• British Museum explores sex, pleasure and humor in Japanese art - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• deredactie.be video: Eerste kogelvis geveild, op traditioneel Japanse wijze

• UFO: Cylindrical Alien Spacecraft Appears Over Japan : The Canadian National Newspaper

• SYMPOSIUM: Japan’s massive stockpile of plutonium casts shadow over nonproliferation efforts - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• In Search of Ozu Yasujirō | Nippon.com

• Germany urges Japan to deal honestly with WWII past ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• British Museum explores sex, pleasure and humor in Japanese art - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Radioactive suitcase from Japanese airline passenger detected in Kiev - eTurboNews.com

• Akie Abe not afraid to speak her mind ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan eyes increasing foreign construction workers ahead of Olympics | The Japan Times

• Fukushima...update! | www.dagelijksestandaard.nl

• Worker aghast at shoddy work on Fukushima radioactive water storage tanks - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Why Japan Isn’t Back | The Diplomat

• BBC News - Quest to grow human organs inside pigs in Japan

• Cache of rare antique Japanese books discovered in Boston museum - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Micro Farms Face Extinction as Abe's Reforms Advance - Businessweek

• BBC News - China v Japan: Who is at fault?

• Japan wil nog veel lagere koers voor yen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Demography: The vanishing Japanese | The Economist

• Stricter laws force yakuza to go low-key in New Year's fun - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s Forward Flight - NYTimes.com

• Hoop in Japan na Fukushima:

• Japanners redden Chinees die met luchtballon op betwist eiland wou landen

• With Downed Balloon, China and Japan Cooperate - NYTimes.com

• Japan’s Forward Flight - NYTimes.com

• Elsevier.nl - Japanse premier eindigde het jaar met een blunder van formaat

• BBC News - Japan's population falls 'by record 244,000' in 2013

• Japan's coast guard earns China's thanks for rescuing its balloonist - UPI.com

• Japan minister follows Abe to war shrine, pouring salt on wound for China - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's royal family pose for unusual New Year photo - Telegraph

• Japan's Abe should learn from Germany: Xinhua

• History overshadows present, future Japan-China relations | The Japan Times

• Vergrijzing blijft voor afname Japanse bevolking zorgen - Het Nieuwsblad

• Japan’s whisky makers become serious contenders of Scottish and Irish brands - The Economic Times

• In Fukushima, abandoned pets are multiplying | The Japan Times

• Japanse minister bezoekt omstreden monument - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• VOX POPULI: Japan needs a simpler way to honor its war dead - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 69% say Abe should heed fallout from Yasukuni: poll | The Japan Times

• Japan’s homeless being recruited for Fukushima nuclear cleanup - The Japan Daily Press

• Japanese women lag in leadership to rest of world

• Shinzo Abe, Japanese prime minister, not welcome in China after war shrine visit | Fox News

• Abe says Japan's pacifist constitution may be revised by 2020

• Vincent Van den Storme: Nieuwjaar in Japan - Radio1.be

• Old China maps have no mention of Diaoyu | The Japan Times

• Abe’s Yasukuni visit isolates Japan | East Asia Forum

• What to make of Mr Abe and his visit to Yasukuni | East Asia Forum

• EDITORIAL: Without long-term perspective, Abe's economic policy could backfire - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese PM Shinzo Abe wants more patriotic tone in school textbooks | South China Morning Post

• New Tensions Cloud Deal for Okinawa Base - NYTimes.com

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Tried some cooking these last few days

Petits toasts tomates et mozzarella



Sauté de boeuf au gingembre



Tarte frangipane aux abricots

Afternoon Walk in Yokohama

30 photos here

Short Interview Radio1.be

The Belgian News Radio 1 called on new Year's night for a short interview about New Year's celebrations in Japan
Link:
http://www.radio1.be/programmas/vandaag/op-naar-2014

Osechi Ryori

Even after 16 years in Japan, this country doesn't stop to amaze me.
The company I work for during the weekends promised me osechi ryori as thanks for one year of good cooperation. Delivery was foreseen Dec 31. As nothing arrived and my company is closed for the holidays, I had to call directly the managing director. It turned out the food in itself was a present from a business relation (a hotel in Niigata) to my employer.
The business relation made a mistake. To make up for it, the number 2 of the hotel business firm left on New Year's night by car form Niigata to deliver personally to my home the food in time for breakfast.
I can't believe it. I feel sorry for the Niigata guy. But the food is delicious!

First Sunrise Of The Year - Rinko Park

10 photos here

New Year 2014

10 photos here

HIking to Sannoto (1205m)

26 photos here