Japan News Articles June 23 - June 29

• Comic books champion debate on Fukushima disaster | The Japan Times

• Abe's 'drill bit' buckles on labor reform | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japanese man sets self on fire over military rule change

• News from The Associated Press

• Japan slams N Korea missile launch but talks to go on | Business Standard News

• Tsunami still tears at a Japanese town, as mayor’s decisions are debated - The Washington Post

• Why Japan is betting big on fuel-cell cars | ABS-CBN News

• Abe's nuclear renaissance ignores stiff opposition | The Japan Times

• Official role eyed for women who lose Imperial family status | The Japan Times

• Impact of Fukushima groundwater bypass eludes Tepco | The Japan Times

• Japan in Depth / LDP compromised, preserved range of self-defense right - The Japan News

• Why the girl-power blockbuster “Frozen” is the most popular movie to hit Japan in a decade – Quartz

• With no maternity leave, Osaka assemblywoman harassed for giving birth - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Audio analysis finds multiple hecklers in Tokyo assembly - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan and the “comfort women”: Looking for loopholes | The Economist

• In Japan, no airbags are better than hazardous ones

• Godiva to put Japanese shops under direct control - The Japan News

• Video - Can Shareholders Stop a Company From Going Global? - WSJ.com

• TEPCO 'breaks vow,' refuses more compensation for Fukushima nuclear victims - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Japanese advertising industry in a nutshell

• Reform in Japan: The third arrow | The Economist

• Beer garden season begins with a hearty 'kanpai' | The Japan Times

• Abe's drive to reform agriculture | The Japan Times

• 'Reinterpreting' Article 9 endangers Japan's rule of law | The Japan Times

• Inventor Nakamatsu reveals he has terminal cancer | The Japan Times

• Collective defense deal near | The Japan Times

• Ageing Japan suffers pilot shortage, flight cancellations - World - NZ Herald News

• Japanse inflatie op hoogste niveau in 32 jaar

• MAJOR SECURITY SHIFT: Abe putting SDF in mortal danger, retired defense official says - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Izumo Taisha Shrine: The Ancient Meeting Place of the Gods (Photos) | Nippon.com

• The Debate over Japan’s Academic Decline | Nippon.com

• Ishihara Shintarō’s New Party and the “Third Force” in Japanese Politics | Nippon.com

• Japan's leadership averted worst-case disaster, researcher says

• Japanners kunnen maar moeilijk schelden - dekrantvanmiddendrenthe.nl - Leuk - Opmerkelijk

• Scaring The Japanese People With Radiation Is Criminal - Forbes

• Un condamné à mort pendu au Japon - Libération

• Triple killer executed in Osaka - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Defusing Japan’s Demographic Time Bomb | Nippon.com

• Interview: Female Tokyo Assembly Member Reflects on Harassment - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• WORLD CUP SOCCER/ Zaccheroni quits as Japan coach after disappointing group-stage exit - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan PM Abe Tells Women to ‘Shine,’ But Critics Find Unintended Meaning - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• The Death Penalty in Japan | Nippon.com

• De op twee na grootste economie ter wereld telt amper 1,6% immigranten...

• Japan executeert opnieuw terdoodveroordeelde - Buitenland - De Morgen

• Radio 1 - Culinair: delicatessen uit Japan - 21:00 24-06-2014

• Japanse premier belooft eindelijk hervormingen | www.dagelijksestandaard.nl

• Japan political old guard form 'Next Generation Party' | GlobalPost

• Japan Markets Muted Toward Abe's Economic Plan - WSJ

• schoolklas kijkt toe bij walvisslacht

• Kawashima: Normaal dat we kritiek krijgen

• Japanese inn famous for beautifying baths - CNN.com

• No laughing matter: Japan's manga comics boldly tackle Fukushima | Reuters

• Farmers haul Fukushima cow to Tokyo seeking probe into mystery disease | The Japan Times

• MAJOR SECURITY SHIFT: New Komeito agrees to revised collective self-defense proposal - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan to experience nuclear-free summer - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Foreign media see possible social change following sexist-taunt incident - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Dishonest Abe

• Of Culture Shock and “Shokunin” Culture | Nippon.com

• Shinzo Abe’s Bid to Shake Up Corporate Japan - NYTimes.com

• Tokyo lawmaker calls for change as Your Party asks for voice analysis | The Japan Times

• Telegraaf

• Chicago Tribune - Colombia routs Japan, wins Group C

• Japan sexist heckling case shows obstacles to revving up economy through women's advancement | Fox News

• Japanese Parliament to Women: Breed, Don't Lead - The Daily Beast

• BBC News - Japan reveals plans to cut corporate tax to below 30%

• Japan unveils latest installment of 'Third Arrow' reforms - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Pioneer to sell audio-video unit to Baring, Onkyo

• VOX POPULI: No place for 'macho' politicians in today's world - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Shiomura seeks names of other sexist hecklers; perpetrator's office hit with eggs - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's lumbering public pension to be recast as agent of reform | Reuters

• Yokohama's Most Romantic Spot Is... - Kanagawa - Japan Travel, Larry Knipfing

• Mt. Fuji World Heritage listing has mixed results 1 year on - The Japan News

• History News Network | The Most Haunting Interview You'll Ever Read: When Japanese Islanders Were Ordered to Commit Mass Suicide

• Foreign Relations in Early Modern Japan: Exploding the Myth of National Seclusion | Nippon.com

• Japan's celibacy issue - what's the economic cost?

• Japan lawmaker in hot water over sexist remark as government embarks on 'womenomics'

• License to boogie: Japan moves to ease dancing ban

• Japan PM Abe's 'third arrow' seeks hard target - MarketWatch

• Oil facilities face serious liquefaction risk in Tokai, Kansai, Tokyo | The Japan Times

• Abe hopes to roll out red carpet for foreign startups | The Japan Times

• Japan marks 69th anniversary of Okinawa battle | GlobalPost

• In Japan, Hundreds of Shareholder Meetings on Same Day - NYTimes.com

• In Japan, Men Need to Lean In Further - Bloomberg View

• Tokyo assemblyman admits to sexist taunting; Shiomura says 'too late' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Railleries sexistes et rires gras jusqu’à l’assemblée municipale de Tokyo - Libération

• 55% now opposed to Abe's collective self-defense push, survey says | The Japan Times

• All-consuming school clubs worry foreign parents | The Japan Times

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Naba's Birthday

75km Cycling Day

Yokohama -> Chigasaki -> Yokohama

15km Afternoon Walk

Part I Kondandai -> Idogaya


Part II Idogaya -> Nishitobe

Hafiz (ii)

"Where is the door to God? In the sound of a barking dog, In the ring of a hammer, In a drop of rain, In the face of everyone I see." - Hafiz (14th-century Sufi poet)

Hafiz

What
Do sad people have in
Common?

It seems
They have all built a shrine
To the past
And often go there
And do a strange wail and
Worship.

What is the beginning of
Happiness?

It is to stop being
So religious
Like That.

Hafiz (14th-century Sufi poet)

Japan News Articles June 16 - June 22

• Fukushima: une vache radioactive malade vient exiger un diagnostic à Tokyo - RTL info

• Japanese PM wants to hold robot Olympics - The Times of India

• Fukushima's Giant Ice Wall Can't Get Cold Enough to Freeze

• Abe hijacks democracy, undermines Constitution | The Japan Times

• Population woes crowd Japan | The Japan Times

• Ex-Japan leader calls on Abe to show 'courage' in recognizing wartime past | GlobalPost

• Plan to build ice wall around Fukushima plant hits snag ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Review confirms basis of Japan's sex slave apology - Yahoo News

• Boeren uit Fukushima protesteren met radioactieve koe in Tokio - HLN.be

• Japanese Lawmaker is Jeered for Being Single, Childless

• Nieuws -  Deze schattige cabrio komt helaas niet naar Europa

• Top Japanese Female Lawmaker Urges Women to ‘Be Visible’ - Businessweek

• The Problem With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Economic Policies | Foreign Affairs

• Japan May inflation seen falling minus tax hike, likely to rise | Reuters

• Japan says had South Korean input on 'comfort women' apology

• Abe's 'third arrow' misses the mark | The Japan Times

• Abenomics Fails to Shake Japan Firms’ Addiction to Cash: Economy - Bloomberg

• Female member endures sexually harassing yells during assembly session - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Google to provide views of quake-recovering areas recorded from sea - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Bar for marriage set high in today’s Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe and the Fourth Estate - NYTimes.com

• BBC News - Japan bans child pornography possession

• Japan Weighs Cutting Tax Break for Housewives - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Guns from home printers—Can laws stop problematic use of 3-D printers? - The Japan News

• Study: Hundreds of Japanese plants may go extinct over next century - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Kyoto in 24 hours | The Tokyo Reporter

• STAP paper co-author recants | The Japan Times

• deredactie.be video: Jaarlijks spinnengevecht in Japan

• Narita Express train headed to Mount Fuji | The Japan Times

• Duty-free reform to boost tourism | The Japan Times

• JAL, NTT East welcome tourists to Japan with free Wi-Fi - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• En images : les sirènes disparues du Japon | Konbini

• Japan to woo foreign entrepreneurs with eased visa requirements - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Today

• Japan heeft de properste fans - Sportwereld

• Japan Rail Pass En Vervoer In Het Algemeen - Japan | Reisreporter.nl

• Ambitious Japanese fans deflated by Samurai Blue’s first-match loss in World Cup | The Japan Times

• Fresh Japan-North Korea talks to prioritize possible 77 more abductees | The Japan Times

• Japanese Women Didn't Want To Eat Messy Burgers, So The Restaurant Made This - Tokyo Times

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After Meeting

Trains

Sunset

Aperitif & Dinner

Gin & Tonic


White Aspargus

Japan News Articles June 9 - June 15

• Japan to accept foreigners for housekeeping services to spur economic growth - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Why the Japanese live so long | GlobalPost

• De kijk van onze WK-ambassadeur: Japan | WK 2014

• Japan doodt opnieuw walvissen ondanks veroordeling

• Forget Cool Japan — cute is this summer's hot global export | The Japan Times

• Japan kills 30 whales in 1st hunt since ICJ ruling - The Washington Post

• Wie is omstreden Japanse ref? | VTM NIEUWS

• British Museum - Dressed to impress

• Latest Headlines

• Le Japon, tout nouvel exportateur d’armes - Libération

• Japanese Eel Added to International Endangered Species List - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Interns abused as labor crisis grows | The Japan Times

• Japanese Official Explains Grounds for Resuming Scientific Whaling | Science/AAAS | News

• Power naps advised by government, employers, salons alike - The Japan News

• Onder Japan tikt een fiscale tijdbom - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Toyota roept 2,27 miljoen wagens terug naar garage

• Love Hotels Clean Up Their Image | Nippon.com

• Chinese fighter jets fly close to Japanese planes again, officials say | The Japan Times

• Eels: Mass Consumption Threatens the Future of a Favorite Japanese Food | Nippon.com

• Bill clears Diet to let skilled foreigners stay longer in Japan | The Japan Times

• Abenomics duwt Japan in armoede - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan property revival catches foreign attention - FT.com

• EU/ Japan: verder met vrijhandelsgesprekken

• Japan schiet zichzelf in de voet met belachelijke eisen voor elk cv

• Pig Virus Raises Heat on Japan’s Farmers - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Is Japan Turning to Voodoo Economics? - Bloomberg View

• Tokyo U. Scholar Sees China, Japan in ‘Struggle Mode’ - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan's kei class: Are these tiny cars in danger? - CSMonitor.com

• Blue-eyed Austrian finds calling at shrine | The Japan Times

• Panel calls for traineeship shake-up | The Japan Times

• Talking pear becomes Japan's superstar mascot

• MAJOR SECURITY SHIFT: Abe's collective self-defense plan based on contradictory 1972 view - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Independence of Japan's nuclear regulator questioned after shakeup

• This Shocking Report From Fukushima Will Leave Your Jaw On The Floor

• Japan opens first elderly dog retirement home - Telegraph

• The Economist explains: Why Japan's high-speed trains are so good | The Economist

• The True Story of the Downed Dakota | Nippon.com

• Japan Seeks to Squelch Its Tiny Cars - NYTimes.com

• Japan's PM Vows Efforts to Resume Commercial Whale Hunt - NDTV

• China neemt voor het eerst aan Amerikaanse militaire mano... - Het Nieuwsblad

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Sunset

Cyling in the Port

Fujisan from the roof

Japan News Articles May June 2 - June 8

• Japan Lets You Use Your Passport to Get Free Wi-Fi

• Japan's salarymen are bored to tears | The Japan Times

• Japan failed to report 640 kg of nuclear fuel to IAEA | The Japan Times

• 'Bad inflation' shadows Japan | The Japan Times

• Abe touts immigration, but refugees get shunned | The Japan Times

• Japan sends list of 470 potential abductees to North Korea | The Japan Times

• VOX POPULI: The dreary necessity of the rainy season - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Drop the Double Standard on Japanese Defense | The Diplomat

• For Kan and former Cabinet members, disclosure of Fukushima testimony a non-issue - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese tourism operators to promote whale and dolphin watching as alternative to whaling - Australia Network News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Couple consider split after tiff over 'Frozen' | The Japan Times

• Abe drops SDF combat mission proposal | The Japan Times

• Mt. Fuji summit on government map now 'address-less' to avoid border claims - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Mag ik dat jurkje eens in maatje 'vet' passen? - HLN.be

• Population decrease clouds success of 'Abenomics' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 5 Remarkably Cute Creations Only From Japan

• Japan Must Open Up to Foreign Labor for Economic Boost - Businessweek

• Japanese politics: Moment of reckoning | The Economist

• Japan’s Population Problem in Five Charts - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan bans real-life child sexual abuse material but cartoons remain legal | World news | theguardian.com

• A Breezy Style of Green Urban Living | Nippon.com

• BBC News - Softbank unveils 'human-like' robot Pepper

• Japan is home to the world's most sophisticated toilets | GlobalPost

• De Trip-Tip-Top 6 van Tokyo - Tokio, Japan | Reisreporter.nl

• De Belgische connectie: Groep C - Japan | WK 2014

• How Japan crafted its modernization | The Japan Times

• Historic North Korea trip may be in cards for Abe | The Japan Times

• Gamed.nl - Sony stopt Japanse PSP leveringen

• Japan to act on child porn possession - Yahoo News

• Japan verbiedt bezit kinderporno | nu.nl/buitenland | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

• A Fukushima, Tepco freeze la catastrophe - Libération

• In Japan, labor crunch pushes businesses to reform - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Young Japanese rank last in self-esteem, future hopes in seven-nation survey - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• JR East to build new station on Yamanote Line ahead of 2020 Olympics - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Nuclear safety inspectors first to flee stricken Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Probleem in Japan: benevelde zakenlieden | NINE TO FIVE - 925.nl

• Japan encourages casual dress in workplace to save energy | GlobalPost

• Waarom Japanse mannen en vrouwen geen seks en relaties meer willen | HP/De Tijd

• How Japan Has Perfected Hospitality Culture - WSJ

• EDITORIAL: Removal of milk from school lunches sparks debate over dietary habits - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Hopelessness reigned after TEPCO said Fukushima crisis 'out of control' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Japan Restoration Party breakup a lesson in lost friendship and calculation - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Hiking Tounadake (1491m)

38 photos in flickr

Shoes

Hanabi

Japan News Articles May 26 - June 1

• Architect blasts new Tokyo Olympics stadium as ‘a sin, a crime’ | The Japan Times

• The good life in Japan: a traditional farm stay | Travel | The Guardian

• Accidental activist battles Japan's part-timer purgatory | The Japan Times

• China slams ‘unacceptable provocations’ by Japan, U.S. | The Japan Times

• U.S. backs bolstered military role | The Japan Times

• Big in Japan: Drunken Businessmen Passed Out in Public Places

• Japan bids farewell to Olympic stadium - Yahoo New Zealand

• Reading Piketty In Japan - Forbes

• AKB48's business model is likely to survive media attacks | The Japan Times

• Anti-stalking laws 'are a dead end' | The Japan Times

• In Japan, a Caste of Part-Timers Rebels - Bloomberg

• Japan's defense chief seeks dialogue with China to avoid crises | GlobalPost

• Japan voor beginners - De Standaard

• In dig at China, Japan PM says supports SE Asia on freedom of sea, air - chicagotribune.com

• Abe taking gamble by trusting North Korea | The Japan Times

• Photo series charts the family unit in changing Japan | The Japan Times

• Japanse inflatie op recordhoogte

• La guerre des nerfs prend l'air entre la Chine et le Japon - Libération

• Nuclear-Free Japan Faces Summer Power Crunch in Heartland - Businessweek

• Hier vind je de meest hartelijke mensen ter wereld | Reiskrant | Telegraaf.nl

• Noord-Korea heropent onderzoek naar ontvoerde Japanners - nrc.nl

• Schoenmaker: Japanscenario is flauwekul | RTL Nieuws

• Japan plans to raise limit on weekly working hours

• Japan putting 'full weight' of government behind fuel-cell vehicles - CNET

• BBC News - Japan inflation rate hits 23-year high

• BBC News - Shangri-La dialogue: Japan PM Abe to urge security role

• Abandon Hope All Ye Tried in Japan - The Daily Beast

• Fluffy Mascots on the Loose in Saitama | Nippon.com

• Madonna Lawmaker Targets Absurdities for Women in Japan - Bloomberg

• Tritium levels at Fukushima No. 1 top Pacific Ocean dumping limit, Tepco admits | The Japan Times

• Japan road trip video goes viral | The Japan Times

• Japan starts "review" of wartime sex slave apology

• Abe moves to boost control of bureaucrats | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Olympic Dream Rests in Hands of Foreign Workers - Businessweek

• Japan pop group AKB48 cancels events after attack - The Washington Post

• Wedding Bells to Ring for Japanese Princess - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Fukushima puzzle: Who ordered halt to pumping of seawater at stricken plant? - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Violence au Japon: réaction de Jean-François Sabouret

• Walking Bicycle, nieuw uit Japan: snelwandelen met je loopfiets | Duurzaam ActueelDuurzaam Actueel

• Wat je in Japan niet moet doen | Secretaresse

• Aso complains his taxes shouldn't be used to fund health costs of 'lazy' | The Japan Times

• Nuclear regulator OKs plan to build underground ice wall at Fukushima plant

• Excerpts From WSJ Interview With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - WSJ.com

• Outrage derails manga series 'Oishinbo' for Fukushima nuclear crisis depiction | The Japan Times

• ASAHI POLL: 67% deem Abe’s plan to reinterpret Constitution as 'improper' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• A new and unexpected twist to life in Japan: tornadoes | The Japan Times

• Chinese jets, SDF flirt with 'Top Gun' scenario near Senkakus | The Japan Times

• Japan woman’s body sent by mail marked ‘doll’: Reports

• Dolgedraaide fan valt meidengroep aan met zaag - Muzieknieuws - De Morgen

• BBC News - Japan girl group AKB48 attacked by male fan with saw

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