Japan News Articles December 22 - 28

• Japan May Enact Law to Speed Approval of Troop Deployment - Bloomberg

• Abe isn't impressed with media criticism | The Japan Times

• Japan govt approves $29 billion stimulus spending, impact in doubt

• Digital tack taken to revive interest in New Year's cards | The Japan Times

• McDonald's Japan resolves french fries pickle - CBS News

• Japan no longer nation of savers, for first time ever - MarketWatch

• Japan Post announces long-awaited plan for Tokyo share listing - Yahoo News

• Single, sad? Solo weddings pamper both wives and unmarried ladies | The Japan Times

• Christmas in Japan 2014 | The Japan Times

• Bank Tellers Double as Dementia Care Givers in Aging Japan - Bloomberg

• Now boastful Japan not really in tune with what visitors want, foreign expert warns | The Japan Times

• Citigroup to Sell Japanese Retail Banking Unit to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking - NYTimes.com

• 'Kawaii' gets a landmark | The Japan Times

• Sumitomo Mitsui to hire foreign managers in global push | The Japan Times

• Guilty until Proven Innocent: Forced Confessions in the Japanese Legal System | News & Views

• Japan PM Abe brings in former soldier as defense minister - Japan - Stripes

• In Japan, nothing beats takeout fried chicken for Christmas | SBS News

• Shinzo Abe Begins New Term With Push to Revise Japan’s Constitution - NYTimes.com

• BBC News - Japan charges Tokyo 'vagina artist' with obscenity

• Challenges for Abe's new term | The Japan Times

• Renewing wedding vows a growing trend in Japan | The Japan Times

• Abe vows to stay the course in third term as prime minister | The Japan Times

• Shinzo Abe begins new term as prime minister, launches Cabinet | The Japan Times

• Japan parliament reelects Shinzo Abe as prime minister - LA Times

• Looking for a job in Japan? Try a convenience store! | RocketNews24

• 5 Tips to Stay Healthy Traveling in Japan This Winter

• It's Not Christmas In Japan Without KFC | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

• Solo weddings in Japan: All of the glamour, none of the relationship

• How Colonel Sanders Became Father Christmas in Japan

• Merry X-Mas Eve Panic : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Tourists flocking to Japan but few venture off the beaten track | The Japan Times

• Japan's Emperor Turns 81, Renews Peace Commitment - ABC News

• Zege Shinzo Abe goed voor grote bedrijven - NRC Q

• Despite shortages, Japan won

• Japan: 'Solo weddings' for single women - BBC News

• 4 Things women are banned from doing in Japan 【Women in Japan Series】 | RocketNews24

• Real costs of nuclear power | The Japan Times

• Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble: a gaijin's lot in Japan? | The Japan Times

• Loving's not easy on Japan's biggest date night

• Japan's iconic Tokyo Station turns 100

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Japan News Articles December 15 - 21

• Japan faces specter of a butter-less Christmas

• Japan: Abe's Remaining Options - The Globalist

• Japan toont Europa hoe het niet moet

• How This British Scientist Saved Japan’s Seaweed Industry | Mother Jones

• Japan's laws, attitude help recalls work better

• Public protest in Japan: Power to the people? | The Japan Times

• Christmas in Japan is not for faint of heart | The Japan Times

• All spent fuel removed from reactor 4 pool at Fukushima No. 1, Tepco says | The Japan Times

• Record number of Japanese hostile toward China and S. Korea: Cabinet Office poll | The Japan Times

• Shell may exit Japan – Royal Dutch Shell plc .com

• Christian missionaries find Japan a tough nut to crack | The Japan Times

• Why the Sony Hack Isn't Big News in Japan - ABC News

• When Is a Blowout Not a Blowout? | Foreign Policy

• China awaits Abe's stance on 70th anniverary of WWII | The Japan Times

• Deal reached over Chinese coral poachers | The Japan Times

• Megaquake risk higher for areas along Japan's Pacific coast - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Top speed of Nozomi bullet trains to hit 285 kph | The Japan Times

• Christmas in Japan: time for a geisha makeover in Kyoto | Travel | The Guardian

• Where does Abe take Japan now? - The Nation

• The shameful final chapter for one of Japan’s most promising stem cell scientists - The Washington Post

• Deux expos en ligne montrent la fascination mutuelle du Japon et de la France — 20minutes.fr

• A good time to travel in Japan as yen tumbles | Travel | The Seattle Times

• Minstens elf doden bij sneeuwstormen in Japan - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• Snow storm death toll in Japan rises; forecasters warn bad weather to continue - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Scientist Who Had Claimed Stem Cell Breakthrough Resigns From Japanese Research Institute - NYTimes.com

• Obokata fails to reproduce 'STAP cell' discovery | The Japan Times

• Navigating Japan with a family at New Year's | The Japan Times

• Why aren’t there more female entrepreneurs in Japan? Pull up a chair… 【Women in Japan Series】 | RocketNews24

• Massive Snowfall Totals in Parts of Japan

• Japan Scientist Quits as Cell Research Discredited - ABC News

• A ‘beautiful’ Japan in the eye of the media beholder | East Asia Forum

• The Economist explains: Why Japan's opposition parties are so hopeless | The Economist

• Japan's Butter Shortage Whips Its Cake Makers Into A Frenzy : The Salt : NPR

• Low voter turnout mars Abe's claim of election triumph | The Japan Times

• In Japan Election, Abe Victory Not Quite a Referendum on Abenomics | Institutional Investor

• Shinzo Abe's Ugly Win: Breaking Down Japan's Election | The National Interest Blog

• Japan's Beloved Christmas Cake Isn't About Christmas At All : The Salt : NPR

• Controversial to the end, Shintaro Ishihara bows out of politics | The Japan Times

• 55% do not support Abe's security policies, poll shows | The Japan Times

• Has the World’s Media Lost Its Appetite for Japan? | Nippon.com

• Shinzo Abe sets sights on Japan's pacifist constitution after election win | World news | The Guardian

• Column Kees de Kort | Abe kan verder met verwoesten - BNR Nieuwsradio

• McDonald's is running out of fries in Japan | The Verge

• A Growing Demographic: The Isolated and Non-employed | Nippon.com

• Having received a public vote of confidence, Japan’s leader now needs to deliver results - The Washington Post

• Unlocking Japan Growth Potential Is Task for Abenomics 2.0 - Bloomberg

• Fifty Years On, Japan’s High Court Yet to Act on Vote Disparity | Nippon.com

• Abe's mandate by default | The Japan Times

• Buzzwords of 2014: from killer drugs to robotic refusals | The Japan Times

• Kaieda quits as DPJ chief after humiliating ejection from Diet | The Japan Times

• Abe claims mandate for economic, security policies despite lowest turnout ever | The Japan Times

• Abe tightens grip on power as ruling coalition wins 325 seats in Lower House election | The Japan Times

• Can Abe Tackle The Real Reason For Japan's Decline? (Procreation) - Forbes

• Japan's snap election result: Romping home | The Economist

• POINT OF VIEW/ Satoshi Kamata: Abe reveals true intentions after voting ends - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 'Belasting' is Japans teken van het jaar | Radio1

• HSBC fears horrible end to Japan's QE blitz as Abe wins landslide - Telegraph

• Why you should actually care about this weekend’s pre-ordained Japanese election – Quartz

• INSIGHT: With landslide victory, Abe to push for constitutional amendment - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Undecided voters swing Abe's way again | The Japan Times

• Abe tightens grip on power as ruling coalition wins 325 seats in Lower House election | The Japan Times

• For Japan’s Shinzo Abe, Now Comes the Hard Part - WSJ

• Japan's ruling coalition wins big in elections - Yahoo News

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Japan News Articles December 8 - 14

• DPJ leader Kaieda to step down after being ousted from Lower House - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• UPDATE: Abe's ruling coalition captures two-thirds majority in Lower House election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Japan election: Voters back Shinzo Abe as PM wins new term

• PM Abe's coalition cruises to big win in Japan election - Yahoo News

• 2014 CHOICE: Ruling coalition could maintain two-thirds majority in Lower House - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• News Guide: What to Watch for in Japan's Elections - ABC News

• On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi | The Japan Times

• On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi | The Japan Times

• Abe's secrets law undermines Japan's democracy | The Japan Times

• Japan loves Jolie but will it welcome 'Unbroken'? | The Japan Times

• Tokyo Station at 100: all change | The Japan Times

• As Japan goes to the polls, it's not just 'the economy, stupid' - CSMonitor.com

• Japan’s Nasty Nazi-ish Elections - The Daily Beast

• Shinzo Abe and the Japanese election – the Guardian briefing | World news | The Guardian

• Empress bids farewell to friend and former Belgian Queen Fabiola - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Chronic apathy has economic consequences in Japan - Chicago Tribune

• Japan facing butter shortage as dairy farms dwindle - SFGate

• Japan's Weak Opposition Makes Abe Default Choice - ABC News

• Ten things Japanese people are worrying about ahead of the snap election | World news | The Guardian

• Why Japanese Voters Feel Hopeless - NYTimes.com

• The Reactionary Visionary |

• Japan May Be In A Post-Growth Era, With Or Without Abe : NPR

• The Nanjing massacre: Lest they forget | The Economist

• Abe's base aims to restore past religious, patriotic values | The Japan Times

• Ishikawa aims to become first openly gay member of Lower House | The Japan Times

• What's behind Japan's snap election? - BBC News

• Zaha Hadid calls Japanese architects hypocrites – The Time Out Tokyo blog

• Japan restaurant bans couples on Christmas Eve - Telegraph

• Ahead of election win, Japan's Abe pivots away from painful reforms

• BBC News - Could women help fix broken Japan?

• Abe Victory in Japan Highlights Consequences of One-Party State - Bloomberg View

• Japan voters ready unenthusiastic yes to PM Abe - Yahoo News

• Japan runs short of butter as dairy farms dwindle - Yahoo News

• AP PHOTOS: Political Campaigning, Japan-Style - ABC News

• In Japan, Abe’s party is set for win, but economy remains a challenge - The Washington Post

• For Japan’s Shinzo Abe, Unfinished Family Business - WSJ

• Au Japon, une campagne électorale d’un autre siècle, Asie - Pacifique

• Japan Votes On Casinos But Doesn't Know It - Forbes

• How KFC Became A Part Of Japan's Christmas Traditions

• Proof Of Japan's Kamikaze Typhoons Found In Ancient Rocks | Popular Science

• Japan elections: 5 things you need to know

• Suffering a media free-for-all, Japanese press now has the government weighing in - The Washington Post

• Free Wi-Fi is trialed for tourists | The Japan Times

• Japan in graphics: Falling blossom | The Economist

• Victory for Japan's ruling party could help Abe pursue nationalist goals - Virginia, National and World News from the AP - TimesDispatch.com

• Despite disappointment, Japan seems poised to re-elect Abe - The Globe and Mail

• Electoral dysfunction leaves Japan's voters feeling impotent | The Japan Times

• Japan bears bet on Abe victory followed by yen disaster - vagazette.com

• Het ritme van de ryokan: baden en shochu drinken in geleende kleding | Reisblog Debbie Pappyn | De Morgen

• Abe defends Japan’s secrets law that could jail whistleblowers for 10 years | World news | The Guardian

• Japan's beef bowl — a symbol of deflation — to get first price hike in 24 years | The Japan Times

• Sacred Journeys

• Pourquoi les Japonais boudent les consoles de jeu américaines

• Abe takes aim at labor regulations | The Japan Times

• Apple to open new research center in Yokohama's Minato Mirai 21 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s new hit soap opera makes housewives want to drink more whisky – Quartz

• Japanese economy: Japan has a problem - but it isn't young women who don't give birth - Telegraph

• Japan needs a real debate about the falling yen | The Japan Times

• Strict new Japan secrets law to take effect amid protests - Yahoo News

• Japan’s Whale Hunt - NYTimes.com

• Japan's looming benefit cuts an unspoken, unsettling election theme - Yahoo News

• 1 in 8 Japanese women too thin, survey says - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Inside Japan’s election: Sound trucks, apathy, and Communists - MarketWatch

• Honda air bag recall goes global; 19 million cars now involved | The Japan Times

• Japanse nationalisten halen uit naar Angelina Jolie

• Angelina Jolie sparks fury from Japan because of Unbroken depiction | Daily Mail Online

• PM Abe says Apple to build technical center in Japan

• Japan’s State Secrets Laws Empowers The Elite and Muzzles The Press: FOP RIP 12/10/2014 : Japan Subculture Research Center

• The End of the Postwar? The Abe Government, Okinawa, and Yonaguni Island 戦後の終焉？　安倍政権、沖縄、そして与那国 :: JapanFocus

• Traditional Japanese Cooking in the Home: An Endangered Art | Nippon.com

• Japan now at a crossroads | The Japan Times

• Riding Japan's super-luxury train

• Sumitomo Mitsui Said to Agree to Buy Citigroup Japan Unit - Bloomberg

• Student peddling Fukushima air to revive interest in nuclear disaster - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Au Japon, un ministre critiqué pour des propos sur les femmes qui ne veulent pas d'enfant

• Keizerin Japan naar begrafenis Fabiola | VTM NIEUWS

• Second Abe Poll Win Would Jump Start Reform Drive, Aide Says - Bloomberg

• Japan firms see economy stalled, want Abe to focus on growth: Reuters poll

• Will Japan’s habit of rewriting its history affect its future? - The Washington Post

• A ‘Black Widow’ Case Strikes a Nerve in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Gaffe-prone Aso takes aim at young people without kids | The Japan Times

• Foreign student's account of treatment in rape case points to gaps in Japan's safety myth | The Japan Times

• 120 households in Tokushima still cut off by snow | The Japan Times

• Japan's nationalists attack Angelina Jolie war film - Telegraph

• Scarecrows Outnumber People In This Dying Japanese Town

• Obscenity arrest may be hiding dirty politics | The Japan Times

• Freak snowstorm kills 4, strands over 700 in western Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Spending Christmas Eve Alone? Japanese Has a Word for That · Global Voices

• Japan's recession deepens as election looms for Shinzo Abe - Telegraph

• Abe Re-Election Bid Seen Unfazed by Japan’s Deepening Recession - Bloomberg

• In Japanese Universities, Tradition Meets Globalization - NYTimes.com

• Aso points finger at people without children, incompetent executives - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Japan's third quarter recession deeper than forecasted

• Buddhist Temple Officiates Gay Weddings As Japan Continues to Struggle With LGBT Rights - WATCH| Gay News | Towleroad

• Snap election belies Japan’s weak politics | East Asia Forum

• Cheap yen makes Japan a shoppers' paradise for Chinese tourists｜Markets｜Business｜WantChinaTimes.com

• Quarter of workers suspect they are trapped at 'black firms' | The Japan Times

• Train station in Japan devises an adorable new way to prevent roadside bicycle parking | RocketNews24

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Autumn

Japan News Articles December 1 - 7

• Falling Yen Stirs Debate in Japan - WSJ

• De tweede lange adem van Japan - Lukas De Vos

• Shinzo Abe: Shinzo Abe talks to The Economist | The Economist

• Japan to overhaul recall system as airbag debacle continues - Business News | TVNZ

• The Secret History of Cannabis in Japan :: JapanFocus

• Will Japan run out of rice? - CSMonitor.com

• Hot-air Abe can't campaign on 'womenomics' | The Japan Times

• Diet faces call for affirmative action to increase female candidates | The Japan Times

• Poverty takes on a new look in today's Japan | The Japan Times

• ‘Stagflation’ Possible for Japan, Morgan Stanley Says - WSJ

• IKEA to stop selling 'Sea of Japan' map next year after drawing fire in South Korea | The Japan Times

• Yen reaches 120 to dollar for first time since July 2007 | The Japan Times

• Time to leave the nest? Japan's Abe pushes youths to head overseas - Yahoo News

• Secrets of the world's top whisky: Japanese water and Spanish casks

• Vagina kayak: Japanese artist arrested over 'obscene' boat shaped like her genitalia - Telegraph

• Image of Asia: Viewing Fall Leaves in Japan - ABC News

• Japan and Abenomics: Moment of reckoning | The Economist

• One Last Chance for Japan | TIME

• Japan’s election: Abe’s last chance | The Economist

• Japan and the war: Abe’s demons | The Economist

• Artist treks through Japan with GPS tracker to spell out 'Marry Me' across islands | Daily Mail Online

• Weighing Abe's Asian diplomacy | The Japan Times

• Kindergarten to pay ¥60 million over 3/11 tsunami deaths | The Japan Times

• Butter makers agree to whip up supply to avert Christmas shortage | The Japan Times

• Drop the black suit, Akita International University tells job-seekers | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan election: Polls point to convincing Shinzo Abe win

• Japan successfully launches asteroid probe - Yahoo News

• Whitewashing History in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Japan Abe's coalition may keep 2/3 majority in Dec 14 election: media polls | Reuters

• Is 'Womenomics' The Answer To Japan's Economic Woes? : Parallels : NPR

• In search of the best whisky in the world - CNN.com

• Tokyo crowned Michelin’s 2015 gourmet capital of the world. | Enter Japan

• New Tokyo Michelin Guide adds non-star Japanese restaurant list for budget gourmets - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan And South Korea Need To Come To Economic Terms

• ASAHI POLL: Even those opposed to Abe's key policies likely vote for LDP - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Has Enough Plutonium to Make Thousands of Nukes

• Japan Opposition Struggles Against Abe in Debate - ABC News

• Reality took the shine off Abe's hopes for women in 2014 | The Japan Times

• Sri Lankan man dies at Shinagawa detention center | The Japan Times

• Voet aan wal op de mooiste reisbestemming van Azië | Reisblog Debbie Pappyn | De Morgen

• Moody's downgrades Japan on debt worries December 01

• Snap election caught maker of 'luminous' poll posters off guard | The Japan Times

• Moody’s Cuts Japan’s Rating in Blow to Abe Ahead of Election - Bloomberg

• The Local Flavors of Popular Railway Box Meals | Nippon.com

• Japanese Unearth Remains, and Their Nation’s Past, on Guadalcanal - NYTimes.com

• How Low Can He Go? The Election Math for Abe to Stay in Command - Bloomberg

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Japan News Articles November 24 - 30

• Under new law, about 460,000 documents likely to be called 'special secrets' | The Japan Times

• In fading Japan hinterland, scepticism doubt 'Abenomics' will cure ills

• 'Three arrows' said half complete as families struggle with 'Abenomics' | The Japan Times

• Teamwork helped Haruki Murakami break into American scene - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Opposition parties blast Abenomics in online debate - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• LDP nearly sole beneficiary of corporate political donations due to 'Abenomics' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• In Abe's constituency, loyalty strong amid dwindling population, abandoned farms - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Shinagawa, a gateway to old and new Tokyo | The Japan Times

• Liberal Japan needs to drown out revisionist voices | East Asia Forum

• Shameful waste of tax money | The Japan Times

• Massive Volcanic Eruption in Japan : News : Nature World News

• Japan Is Back in the Hunt for Whales - NYTimes.com

• Mobile Web - Lifestyle -

• U.S. in suspense over fate of 'Abenomics' | The Japan Times

• Abe, LDP becoming prickly with media reporting on Lower House election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Affligemse kok start frituur in Tokio | HLN Affligem

• China overtakes Japan as world's second-biggest stock market | The Japan Times

• Japanese Paper Regrets Use of Term 'Sex Slaves' - ABC News

• How to say “I love you” in Japanese – 47 different ways 【Videos】 | RocketNews24

• Volcanic Smoke From Japan's Mount Aso Spreads Ash - NBC News.com

• Subway Etiquette Posters From 1970s Japan Are Just as Relevant Today

• Skid Row, Yokohama: Homelessness and Welfare in Japan | Nippon.com

• Yomiuri, Japan’s biggest newspaper, apologizes for using term ‘sex slaves’ - The Washington Post

• Japan's ruling party accused of shying from election questions | Daily Mail Online

• Japan inflation slows in October, highlights challenge facing Abe

• CNN series 'On the Road' looks at drinks and drums in Japan | The Japan Times

• 'For science’s sake’: Japan insists on whaling despite world condemnation — RT News

• Oh no, osechi! Why don’t young people in Japan like eating traditional New Year’s dishes? | RocketNews24

• FIBA hands down Japan ban; JBA sorry | The Japan Times

• Japan as you've never seen it before

• Government, paper makers welcome addition of 'washi' to UNESCO list | The Japan Times

• Why Japan lost its tech edge to Silicon Valley - San Francisco Chronicle

• ‘Money Politics’ in Japan | The Diplomat

• POINT OF VIEW/ Genichiro Takahashi: Japan, a country that allows modern-day slavery - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese language group puts compound verbs in one place | The Japan Times

• Japan is running out of economic options | The Japan Times

• Japanese Official: It's 'Eco-Imperialism' To Tell Us We Can't Eat Whales

• Can “Womenomics” Save the Japanese Economy? | Nippon.com

• From Japan, the Joy of Minimalism at Home - ABC News

• Japan Is Running Out of Options - Bloomberg View

• For Travellers by Travellers — 11 Quick and Dirty Tricks to Travel Cheaply in...

• Can women really 'shine' under Abe? | The Japan Times

• Abe not laughing after online stunt pokes fun at snap election call | The Japan Times

• Japan's Young People Are Really Bummed - Business Insider

• Japan's young fret as unexpected recession hits - Yahoo News

• Japan's Young Fret as Unexpected Recession Hits - ABC News

• Japan: Residents riled by smelly nuts - BBC News

• Baffled by snap election, voters may stay home and erode the mandate Abe seeks | The Japan Times

• Why Russia and Japan Are Making Nice | The Diplomat

• Japan sanctioning mass 'slave labor' by duping foreign trainees, observers say | The Japan Times

• Face masks | The Japan Times

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