Japan News Articles December 29 - January 4

• Japan to keep pushing North Korea to advance abduction issue | The Japan Times

• Scientists make strides in tsunami warning | The Japan Times

• Talking tanuki — or whatever you call them | The Japan Times

• Japan's patisserie chefs lead the world in all things sweet - News - Food and Drink - The Independent

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• Clothing industry to put tag on 'genuine' Japan-made items | The Japan Times

• Abe faces critical year for diplomacy - The Japan News

• New Year’s Snack Kills Nine in Japan | The Daily Meal

• Survey reveals 55 percent of women in Japan wouldn’t marry a divorced man | RocketNews24

• Emperor: Japan must learn from World War II calamity starting with 1931 China incident - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan PM Abe pledges reforms to boost economy - Channel NewsAsia

• Year-End Cosplay in Japan: The Cute, the Sexy, the Weird

• All eyes on Abe for war's 70th anniversary | The Japan Times

• Komeito chief wants tax breaks by autumn, urges remorse on war anniversary | The Japan Times

• As Abe pulls to the right, few go with him | The Japan Times

• What's in Apple's Japanese 'Lucky Bags'

• Mochi deaths: Traditional New Year's food proves deadly again in Japan - CBS News

• Decluttering: From Japan, the joy of minimalism at home

• A watershed year for Japan | The Japan Times

• Activities to ring in year of the sheep | The Japan Times

• Japan: An Economy in Need of a Crisis? - Fair Observer

• Heavy snow blankets wide area of Japan | The Japan Times

• Emperor asks nation to learn from history in New Year statement | The Japan Times

• Concern as Japan's 2014 birth rate falls to record low - BBC News

• To Rescue Economy, Japan Turns to Supermom - NYTimes.com

• Donald Keene reflects on 70-year Japan experience | The Japan Times

• Abe's goal of constitutional reform faces many challenges | The Japan Times

• Is immigration a solution for Japan’s plummeting population? | East Asia Forum

• ‘Unbroken’ tells half of Japan’s war story - Opinion - Stripes

• Is this the key to unlocking Japan's working potential? | ABS-CBN News

• Japan newborn babies in 2014 fewest on record: government - Yahoo News

• Under-eye blush, pale skin and worried brows is latest look in Japan | Daily Mail Online

• Japanese Bitcoin Heist ‘An Inside Job,’ Not Hackers Alone - The Daily Beast

• Japan’s economy: Pump-priming | The Economist

• Abenomics: Deepening Japan's Economic Decline | Seeking Alpha

• Japan: Family tends to Briton's grave for 143 years - BBC News

• A great year for the far right | The Japan Times

• Insects crawl onto our dinner plates — that's a good thing | The Japan Times

• Japan orders slaughter of 37,000 chickens in bird flu outbreak | Daily Mail Online

• Ruling bloc OKs tax reform plan favoring wealthy Japanese | The Japan Times

• Japanse vrouwen beleven huwelijksdag in hun eentje - De Standaard Mobile

• 'Unbroken': Let Japanese audience see Jolie film, learn truth about POW treatment | Fox News

• Japan’s Growing Anti-Korea Sentiment | The Diplomat

• STROLLING AROUND TSUKIJI MARKET: New challenges, opportunities to come from inner market relocation - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• “Ōmisoka”: Ringing Out the Year in Japan | Nippon.com

• To shine or to die: the messy world of romanized Japanese | The Japan Times

• Lady Gaga gaat Japan bestoken met selfies - De Standaard

• Japanese family watching over grave of Briton for 143 years finally learns who is buried there - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The 94% Plunge That Shows Abenomics Losing Global Investors - Bloomberg

• Learning to love robots | The Japan Times

• LDP Hegemony and the Future of Japanese Foreign Policy | The Diplomat

• What Would Douglas MacArthur Think of Japan’s Moves Toward Constitutional Revision? - theTrumpet.com

• Apple's 'Lucky Bag' Sale Starts in Japan on January 2 | TechnoBuffalo

• Abe vows radical review of all welfare outlays | The Japan Times

• Japanese firms to spurn PM's call for higher wages next year: survey

• As dementia spreads, bank tellers become care givers in Japan - Chicago Tribune

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• 2015: Make or break year for 'Abenomics'? | The Japan Times

• Japan, China officials unite on environmental measures as ties warm | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan’s savings rate turns negative for first time

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