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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