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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