Japan News Articles July 21 - July 27

• Safety net is for all taxpayers | The Japan Times

• A closer look at the Supreme Court's welfare benefits ruling | The Japan Times

• In the Wake of Fukushima: “Why I Left Tokyo”? Eastern Japan Contaminated with Radiation. “Metro Tokyo Should no Longer be Inhabited” | Global Research

• Japan Has Selfie Stands Installed In Popular Spots | Ubergizmo

• Is the DPJ Brand Worth Saving? | SNA Japan

• Japan volcanic island smouldering and growing

• Heimwee naar Japan - De Standaard

• Abe to shuffle Cabinet, LDP execs in early September | The Japan Times

• U.N. rights panel urges Japan to crack down on hate speech | The Japan Times

• AKB48: A Microcosm Of Dark Corporate Japan. Sexual exploitation of child labor is sooo cute. (Book review) : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Film Review: Philip Cox and Hikaru Toda’s ‘Love Hotel’ – A charming and humane look into Japan’s most private lives and spaces ‹ Nikkei Voice | The National Forum for Japanese Canadians

• Anger erupts over court denial of welfare to foreign permanent residents of Japan | South China Morning Post

• London provides model for Tokyo's own cycle revolution - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• GLOBE - Feature - NATIONALITY - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• NATIONALITY/ Japan: Those with dual nationality face a tough choice at 22 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Obokata injured while fleeing pack of NHK reporters, lawyer says | The Japan Times

• Japan's Dirty Secret: Pit Toilets

• Japanese monkeys' abnormal blood linked to Fukushima disaster – study | Environment | The Guardian

• The Future of Japan’s Dwindling Imperial Family | Nippon.com

• Goldman Sachs ziet Japan compleet de afgrond intuimelen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be - Alles voor de actieve belegger

• Japan sees huge increase in foreign visitors - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s War Atonement Not Enough, Ex-Foreign Minister Kono Says - Bloomberg

• Shisaku: Correction - Richard Katz Response To “Urban Harvest Tokyo”

• Shisaku: From The Places They Have Seen We Might Know Who They Are

• To appear or not to appear on Japanese TV . . . | The Japan Times

• ¥80 million earmarked to translate Japanese books into English to aid PR drive | The Japan Times

• Heat wave sweeps Japan; many areas log hottest day of summer | The Japan Times

• Japan Should Replace Managers to Prosper, Abe Adviser Says - Bloomberg

• What's With The Japanese Infatuation With Kawaii Culture?

• China meat scandal spreads to McDonald's in Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Why 'Frozen' Was Such a Big Box-Office Hit in Japan

• These Are Japan’s Coolest New Trains | TIME

• Science and Sensationalism: Is Japan’s Fuji in a “Critical State” for an Eruption? | Science Blogs | WIRED

• Japanese lawmakers say war-renouncing Constitution deserves Nobel Peace Prize | The Japan Times

• Japan's public pension to get new digs, stay in Tokyo -sources | Reuters

• Japan’s Better Hafu | The Diplomat

• New ‘Yahoo Ending’ service lets users in Japan prepare for the inevitable - The Washington Post

• Are Pay Hikes the Way to Revive Japan’s Economy? | Nippon.com

• Increase in non-regular employment places burden on children - 毎日新聞

• Osaka zone a litmus test of foreign worker policy | The Japan Times

• Stigmatized workers quitting Tepco in droves | The Japan Times

• EDITORIAL: Council on state secrets law offers no answers to public concerns - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Stigmatized workers quitting Tepco in droves | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan: Sightseeing tour with samurai and ninja fights

• Japan's 'bullet train': Fast track to the future - Asia - Travel - The Independent

• Japan legt duizenden euro's bij op waterstofauto | Duurzaam Bedrijfsleven

• Few biting so far on special visa for workers | The Japan Times

• Extent of new Henoko site 'hidden from public' | The Japan Times

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