Sunset in Hayama

Thought

"On a clear night in the country, if you are lucky, you can maybe see three thousand stars. But that is just the tip of a vast cosmic iceberg. In our galaxy alone there are over 100 billions stars. And in fact there over 100 billions galaxies in the observable universe. There are more stars than there are specs of sand on earth." (Prof. Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist)
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"To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour"
(William Blake)

Beach in Hayama

Dinner

Dinner

The little cats

Selected Japan news Articles. 17 - 23 Febr

• Tokyo hints it will re-examine accounts by former ‘comfort women’ to verify credibility - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Is Japan's 'Abenomics' losing its luster? | Asia | DW.DE | 21.02.2014

• EDITORIAL: Abe’s diplomatic stance pushing Japan toward isolation - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• With friends likes these … Shinzo Abe's tactless colleagues cause consternation | World news | theguardian.com

• Why do Japanese people wear surgical masks? It’s not always for health reasons ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Anne Frank books become targets of vandalism at Tokyo libraries - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Osaka-based multicultural nursing home chain ventures into Tokyo - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's pivot to the past is a US headache | Business Spectator

• Dix erreurs

• National Teams Nickname Their Way to Fame | Nippon.com

• No. of visitors to Japan hits record high for January ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Wat is de echte agenda van Shinzo Abe? - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japanese fishermen warn of omens after surge in numbers of giant squid caught - Independent.ie

• Disaster prep to be 2020 focus: Masuzoe | The Japan Times

• Water overflows tank at No. 1 plant | The Japan Times

• Fukushima stress deaths top 3/11 toll | The Japan Times

• Olympics: Japanese official criticizes figure skater Mao Asada - San Jose Mercury News

• Chicago Tribune - Japan firms resist government pressure to lift base wages: Reuters survey

• Japanse premier Shinzo Abe komt steeds meer met billen bloot te staan - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• BBC News - Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant leaks radioactive water

• Fukushima stress deaths top 3/11 toll | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan monthly trade gap more than doubles to new record

• Le Japon est le pays avec le plus de personnes âgées actives

• Strains in Japan-U.S. ties due to Abe and his cronies - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Nationalistic Remarks From Japan Lead to Warnings of Chill With U.S. - NYTimes.com

• Japan Harajuku Culture

• NHK's neutrality is essential | The Japan Times

• Toerist moet vluchten voor hongerige konijnen - HLN.be

• Embattled NHK chairman: What's wrong with what I said? - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse economie niet zo dramatisch als vaak gedacht - AD.nl

• Japan's Abe Faces Challenge to Broaden Recovery - ABC News

• Japan's Trade Gap With China Expected to Grow - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Tokyo Gets Impatient on Reactor Restarts - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Onbegaanbare wegen en lege winkels: Japan gaat gebukt onder sneeuwstorm | RTL Nieuws

• ANALYSIS: People will soon feel the failures of Abenomics - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 19 dead, towns stranded after snowstorm hits eastern Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe displays ignorance of the concept of constitutionalism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Zombification of Japanese Farming | Nippon.com

• Snow-Linked Death Toll Reaches 15 - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Strong U.S.-Japan bond formed in aftermath of 3/11 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• A Rebuke to Japanese Nationalism - Bloomberg

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Sunset - Febr 23

Little cats

Dinner

Sunet Time-lapse

Time-lapse

Sunset & Fujisan - Febr 16

Homemade Valentine choco present from my daughter

Fujisan - Febr 16

6:27am

Setting Moon Early Morning

Selected Japan News Articles Febr 10 - 16

• Twaalf doden door hevige sneeuwval in Japan - De Standaard

• Dagblad De Limburger - Limburgs Dagblad

• INSIGHT: NHK preoccupied with 'putting out fires' as resignation calls continue - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Drift rightward has been building for years | The Japan Times

• A tale of two Abes: PM's rosy view jars with life of toil seen in poison case | The Japan Times

• Filmmaker says Japan needs reminders of war's horrors | The Japan Times

• Railway operator Tokyu blames snow for train collision in Kawasaki | The Japan Times

• Japan struggles as deadly new storm follows last week's blizzard | South China Morning Post

• Hevigste sneeuw in Japan in jaren - nrc.nl

• Record snow in Kanto wrecks havoc on transportation networks - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Lawyer group charges Abe with constitutional ignorance | The Japan Times

• Japanese ex-prime minister meets comfort women on S. Korea tour - CNN.com

• AFP: Japan women splash cash on Valentine chocs for friends

• Buitenlanders dumpen massaal Japanse aandelen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• BBC News - China and Japan: Seven decades of bitterness

• Love hotel business booming in Japan ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Patrimoine de l’Unesco : kamikazes japonais vs massacre de Nankin - France - France 24

• Japon : les sacrifiés de Fukushima - 13/02/2014 - leParisien.fr

• Lawyer challenges secrets law | The Japan Times

• Groundwater cesium reaches record level | The Japan Times

• Shinzo Abe’s Nationalist Strategy | The Diplomat

• Murayama in Seoul: Abe cannot withdraw wartime remorse apology - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Sex slavery an 'indescribable' wrong: Murayama | The Japan Times

• Why is Japan's Abe Seeking Better Ties with Russia's Putin?

• Japan's Love Hotels see business booming | GlobalPost

• Former Japan Prime Minister Seeks Better Seoul Ties - Korea Real Time - WSJ

• Tepco hid record-level radiation data last July | The Japan Times

• Many foreigners in Fukushima fled after crisis, news reporting questioned | The Japan Times

• Headline of S Korean magazine angers Japanese readers ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• 600,000 votes for Tamogami may signal rise of ultraconservatives - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Putin to visit Japan, ties with Tokyo warming - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• US envoy visits Okinawa amid long-running row over military bases | World news | theguardian.com

• Publications disparaging S. Korea, China hot sellers in Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Dick Buchel van Steenbergen uit Waalre officieel erkend als slachtoffer atoombom Nagasaki

• Hosokawa, Koizumi to continue campaigning against nuclear energy | The Japan Times

• Nuke foes' loss lets Abe push for restarts | The Japan Times

• Asia Times Online :: Japan's brutal work culture takes a toll

• 'Japanse kamikazebrieven horen niet op werelderfgoedlijst' - Buitenland - TROUW

• Chuck Chiang: Japan’s search for historic parallels angers China

• Ultranationalist Candidate Gets Strong Support in Tokyo Vote - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• NHK and Abe’s Agenda | The Diplomat

• Japan Today

• China's Television War on Japan - NYTimes.com

• Chocolates and funerals, when Japanese lack for love | The Japan Times

• Worst blizzard in 45 years claims 11; 1,200 hurt | The Japan Times

• Masuzoe scores victory in Tokyo gubernatorial race | The Japan Times

• Don’t hate Yoichi Masuzoe for what he said — just look at what he has done | Mutantfrog Travelogue

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Curry Rice

More Snow!

33 photos in Flickr

Meat Sauce Spaghetti

Birthday Ao & Alwani

Cake

Dinner

Selected Japan News Articles Febr 3 - 9

• Masuzoe wins Tokyo gubernatorial election in landslide - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• POINT OF VIEW/ Satoshi Kamata: Anti-nuclear position was not the loser in Tokyo gubernatorial poll - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tepco: No. 1 plant readings probably too low | The Japan Times

• Three dead, more than 500 injured as heavy snow hits Japan | The Japan Times

• Japan: Sony in a sorry state

• Tokyo Sees Heaviest Snowfall Since 1998 Ahead of Governor Poll - Businessweek

• Are Japan's Taxes Too Low? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Sneeuwstorm gijzelt Japan - HLN.be

• Putin to visit Japan in fall as Abe aims to enhance dialogue | GlobalPost

• La culture manga, méprisée au Japon, adulée en dehors - BFMTV.com

• American eyes on Abe's Yasukuni Shrine visit - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Kernenergie beheerst verkiezingen lokaal bestuur in Tokio | DeWereldMorgen.be

• Japan's Abe backs Putin with visit, in contrast to China, Korea ties | Reuters

• Record strontium-90 level in Fukushima groundwater sample last July | The Japan Times

• Japan to abandon troubled fast breeder reactor | GlobalPost

• Hoe de Japanse premier zich stilaan opzadelt met een zwaar diplomatiek probleem - Buitenland - De Morgen

• Japan stevent regelrecht op een bankroet af - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• In Japan, Women Launch Sex Strike To Protest Yoichi Masuzoe, Tokyo Governor Candidate

• Sony schrapt 5.000 banen: vrees voor site in Zaventem - Bedrijven - Nieuws - Trends.be

• Sony schrapt 5.000 banen wereldwijd

• New evacuation plan for Mount Fuji eruption calls for 1.2 million to flee | The Japan Times

• Are China and Japan Heading Toward Conflict? - Council on Foreign Relations

• Le gouvernement jappe, la NHK obéit - Libération

• Tamogami finds right-wing niche | The Japan Times

• NHK governors reveal rightist views | The Japan Times

• Why did the Japanese civil servant sail to his death from South Korea in an inflatable dinghy? | South China Morning Post

• 200 sculpturen op sneeuwfestival Japan - HLN.be

• Japan Real Wages Fall to Global Recession Low in Abe Risk - Bloomberg

• Japan town fuming over Murakami fiction portrayal - Channel NewsAsia

• Kyoto restaurant welcomes 1st foreign chef trainee - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Asia Times Online :: Japan News and Japanese Business and Economy

• Abe's reactionary leadership | The Japan Times

• Weaker Japanese yen boosts Toyota profit

• Japan singer Hikaru Utada to wed Italian barman – reports | Showbiz | GMA News Online

• Japon : la lutte contre les inégalités | ARTE Journal | Monde | fr - ARTE

• For the sake of Japan's future, Abe should approve secular war memorial - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Noord-Korea noemt Japanse premier de Aziatische Hitler

• Workers stumble while 'Abenomics' soars | The Japan Times

• Yasukuni: It's open to interpretation | The Japan Times

• National or not, nuclear issue ranks high with Tokyo voters | The Japan Times

• Au Japon, les autorités encouragent la formation des couples | La-Croix.com

• Top 14 : pourquoi les toilettes japonaises sont les meilleures au monde - DozoDomo

• Habillez-vous comme au lycée japonais grâce à la marque Conomi - DozoDomo

• Op bezoek in Huis ten Bosch - Kyushu, Japan | Reisreporter.nl

• News Giant in Japan Seen as Being Compromised - NYTimes.com

• Japon: zéro grève, zéro manif... Comment font-ils ? - Challenges

• Exposition BD sud-coréenne à Angoulême: la France insultée par des Japonais fâchés - Le Point

• Lower House survey: Large companies biggest beneficiaries of Abenomics - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Momii's rise tests NHK's reputation | The Japan Times

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

The day after the snowfall

Snow in Yokohama (II)

More photos (28)

Snow in Yokohama

Moon Night

10:42pm


10:54pm

Fujisan - Febr 5

7:31am

Moon View in the City

Company 40Yr Celebration