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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