Japan News Articles November 17 - 23

• In Tokyo’s sake bars the mood turns grim as weary workers brace for more pain | World news | The Guardian

• North Korea warns of wiping Japan 'off world map' over U.N. resolution | The Japan Times

• Japan earthquake collapses homes, causes injuries - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe's 'risky' election gambit may backfire, U.S. expert claims | The Japan Times

• Strong earthquake shakes Japan's Nagano area

• Japan hit by strong earthquake - CBS News

• Is happiness worth the risk of addiction? | The Japan Times

• Magnitude-6.8 quake strikes Nagano area, injuring more than 20 people | The Japan Times

• Abe laat kiezer oordelen over economisch beleid | NOS

• Rich get richer, poor poorer under mixed results of Abenomics' | The Japan Times

• Jilted hedge funds even more in love with Japan

• Japanese politics: Taking up arms | The Economist

• It’s Official: Japan Will Hold a Snap Election | The Diplomat

• Japan in Recession: Questions to Ask on the Future of Abenomics | Brookings Institution

• ASAHI POLL: Cabinet support rate falls below nonsupport rate after Abe calls snap election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan woman arrested for 'poisoning husband with cyanide' - BBC News

• Millionaire with seven dead partners arrested over suspicion of poison murder | World news | The Guardian

• With Bad Economic News for Japan, Abe’s Magic Seems to Evaporate - NYTimes.com

• Japanese woman suspected of killing former husbands, partners | Fox News

• Japan voters to PM Abe: why call an election now?

• Deregulation at heart of Japan's new robotics revolution

• Japan's 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster still fracturing families - LA Times

• EU to Japan: Drink more beer

• Tokyo department stores to target foreign tourists with lucky bags this New Year | The Japan Times

• Japan's Unfavorable Demographics

• As debt piles up, Japan tries to lock in low borrowing costs

• This May Be the Most Dangerous — and Most Costly — Photo In Japan | VICE News

• Japan's election won't just be a referendum on Abenomics | World news | theguardian.com

• Opposition leaders rip Abe's 'twisted logic' in holding vote on tax hike delay - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• EDITORIAL: Abe's patently self-serving, short-circuited election move - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• NPO Radio 1 - Japanse recessiereeks: ons voorland? - 23:09 18-11-2014

• Japan's economy: About that debt | The Economist

• Choosing Fast and Cheap Over High-End Chic in Yokohama, Japan - NYTimes.com

• Could This Be the End of Reform in Japan? - WSJ

• New repair manual needed for Japan's broken economy

• Beledigende en beschadigende datingtips: #takedownjulienblanc - nrc.nl

• Japan verlaagt doelstellingen walvisvangst | MO*

• Japan zit weer in een krimp - De Standaard Mobile

• Japan needs action, not a general election | The Japan Times

• Actor Ken Takakura, who defined image of yakuza anti-heroes, dies at age 83 | The Japan Times

• Abe to dissolve Lower House on Friday for Dec. 14 election | The Japan Times

• Markets up on Japanese stimulus hopes; Wall Street at new highs

• Calling Early Elections in Japan, Abe Rolls the Dice on the Economy - NYTimes.com

• Abe is banking on getting a new voter mandate | The Japan Times

• Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe calls election

• Japan beperkt walvissenjacht - NOS Nieuws

• Japanse premier Abe schrijft verkiezingen uit

• Cinema Star Takakura Ken Passes Away at 83 | Nippon.com

• Japans acteur Takakura Ken overleden (83) - MovieScene

• PLUS | Niet geregistreerd - De Standaard Mobile

• Japan's economy: Shock drop | The Economist

• Japan's economy takes a dive as Abe weighs delay of second tax hike | The Japan Times

• Au Japon, l'effet Abenomics n'a pas eu lieu - L'Express

• Okinawa elects leader determined to halt new US Marine air base - CSMonitor.com

• BBC News - Japan's economy makes surprise fall into recession

• NOS.nl

• Beleid Bank of Japan werkt niet | RTL Nieuws

• Japan Sinks Into Recession (Again) | TIME

• Tokyo shares skid as Japan slips into recession

• Japan Unexpectedly Enters Recession as Abe Weighs Tax Delay - Bloomberg

• Defying Expectations, Japan’s Economy Falls Into Recession - NYTimes.com

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