Japan News Articles Febr 17 - 22

• Japan wil 5 dagen vakantie nemen verplichten

• Japan, land van de rijzende rendementen - BNR Nieuwsradio

• Prince William to tour disaster-stricken areas in Japan, then go on to China - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Being bilingual not always so cool | The Japan Times

• The Japanese-Peruvians interned in the US during WW2 - BBC News

• Strontium-90 levels spike alarmingly at Fukushima No. 1 plant | The Japan Times

• Clocking off: Japan calls time on long-hours work culture | World news | The Guardian

• LDP seeks to reduce civilian control of Defense Ministry | The Japan Times

• Cowed news media has forgotten its role | The Japan Times

• Gay marriage push in Japan faces constitutional barrier | The Japan Times

• LDP, Komeito split on SDF's overseas role | The Japan Times

• Outrage grows over Sono 'apartheid' column | The Japan Times

• Is Japan Asia's Next Autocracy? - Bloomberg View

• 'Japan Display wil fabriek bouwen voor productie iPhone-schermen' - Techzine - ICT Nieuws - Business - ICT community voor mobiele gebruikers

• Japan's constitutional millstone | The Japan Times

• Japan and immigration: Bad timing | The Economist

• BBC News - Japan: 'Cat-man' seeks feline equality

• How Shinzo Abe Is Modernizing Japan's Military - Defense One

• Japan's curious love for old-school flip-phones continues | PCWorld

• Nieuwe beelden van tsunami Fukushima | Kernenergie | De Morgen

• Japanese customs that are shocking to foreign travelers - Business Insider

• Tougher times awaiting Abe? | The Japan Times

• Inside Fukushima: ABC tours crippled power plant as Japan prepares to restart nuclear industry - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• ‘Japan is een tikkende tijdbom’ - Beursduivel.nl

• Shinzo Abe to Japan, Inc.: Raise wages or else! - Feb. 17, 2015

• Asia House of the Day: A Ski-Resort Home in Japan—Photos - WSJ

• Japan's insane underground bicycle parking lots are the future

• Inspectors urge Japan to dump water from Fukushima plant into ocean - LA Times

• Goldman sees 'revolutionary' shift in Japan Inc

• Abe: Gay marriage not an option under the Constitution - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Meet the Unlikely Airbnb Hosts of Japan - NYTimes.com

• What pushes scientists to lie? The disturbing but familiar story of Haruko Obokata | Science | The Guardian

• “The Only Woman in the Room”/ How The Amazing Beate Wrote Equal Rights For Women Into Japan’s Constitution | Japan Subculture Research Center

• Sony is no longer an electronics company | The Verge

• Japan's flip-phone love affair continues, smartphone shipments fall

• Japan nuclear regulator advisers fear loss of its 'essential' independence

• Voiceless minority: People lacking family registry live on the outside, buried in red tape | The Japan Times

• South African ambassador slams Sankei op-ed by Sono praising apartheid | The Japan Times

• Abe affirms bid to revise Constitution | The Japan Times

• Honest Tokyo residents handed in ¥3.3 billion in lost cash last year | The Japan Times

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Japan News Articles Febr 9 - 16

• Islamic State magazine says hostage crisis was meant to 'humiliate' Japan | The Japan Times

• Media total up the targets for terrorist attacks | The Japan Times

• In violent times, young Japanese just shrug | The Japan Times

• Japan's public diplomacy is expensive and errant | The Japan Times

• Kakuhidō: Self-proclaimd “unpopular” Japanese men perform New Left activism as pastiche | Throw Out Your Books

• Japan's public diplomacy is expensive and errant | The Japan Times

• Japanese are quick to embrace robots | The Japan Times

• Love thy neighbor? Chinese nationals who call Japan home | The Japan Times

• Miserly use of vacation days | The Japan Times

• Is Sony coming back as a competitive icon? | The Japan Times

• Japanners protesteren tegen Valentijnsdag | ThePostOnline

• Miserly use of vacation days | The Japan Times

• Valentine’s Day is an ugly business – meet the ugly men trying to stop it | Oscar Rickett | Comment is free | The Guardian

• Heart-shaped madness as women splurge for Valentine's Day | The Japan Times

• Japan Erects New Statue to Hachiko, World's Most Loyal Dog, on 80th Anniversary of His Death - Breitbart

• Heart-shaped madness as Japanese women splurge for Valentine's Day

• Author Causes Row With Remarks on Immigration, Segregation - WSJ

• Japan PM ex-adviser praises apartheid in embarrassment for Abe - Yahoo News

• Japan Mulls Creating Its Own CIA | The Diplomat

• Japan photographer says passport confiscated over Syria trip - Washington Times

• Michael Auslin: Toward a More Assertive Japan - WSJ

• Lonely Japanese men protest the ‘blood-soaked conspiracy’ of Valentine’s Day - The Washington Post

• BBC News - Japan's Nikkei hits seven-and-a-half-year high

• American forces in Japan: Showdown | The Economist

• Inequality in Japan: The secure v the poor | The Economist

• Japanners weigeren om op vakantie te gaan | VICE | Netherlands

• Shibuya Ward plans vote on same-sex marriage | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Abe Vows to Push Ahead with Reforms to Farm Lobbies - WSJ

• Abe Makes Impassioned Appeal to Change Constitution - NYTimes.com

• Abe and ministers pile pressure on Japan firms to raise wages | Reuters

• Two more Japan nuclear reactors get safety clearance | Reuters

• Is Japanese cinema sinking into a self-censorship swamp? | The Japan Times

• In Japan, happiness is... wearable sensors?

• 'Conformist society' pushing Net addiction among Japan's youths | The Japan Times

• Japan Faces a Crucial Test of Growing Military Role After Barbaric ISIS Murders - Breitbart

• Visiting Japan? You'll love this menu translation service

• Fear of missing out drives net addiction in Japan

• BBC News - Man jailed for attacking Japan's AKB48 girl band

• Don’t Even Think About Going to Syria, Japan Tells Its Journalists | TIME

• Japan after the tsunami: Grinding on | The Economist

• Au Japon, la fascination trouble des faits divers

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Japan News Articles Febr 2 - 8

• La popularité surprenante des

• Fukushima Dai-ichi: Mission impossible | The Economist

• Japan at a Crossroads - The New Yorker

• Inside Japan's New War With the Islamic State | VICE News

• Some Japanese See Slain Hostages, Abe as Troublemakers - NYTimes.com

• U.S. scholars express strong protest against Japan's attempt to 'censor history'

• Shinzo Abe vs. ISIS: Japan's Military Goes Abroad? | The National Interest

• Some Japanese see slain hostages, Abe as troublemakers - The Washington Post

• BBC News - Japanese child star in coma after helium stunt goes wrong

• In foreign policy, Japan trapped by history | Other Views | NewsObserver.com

• Au Japon, l’amour en chocolat - LeTemps.ch

• Hostage crisis over, Abe looks to 2016 to launch constitutional amendment drive | The Japan Times

• Brother of slain Japanese hostage calls for end to cycle of killing | The Japan Times

• Conversation: Japan Reflects on Defense and Normalization | Stratfor

• Build a Temple for Your Cat: Post-Death Pet Care in Japan | Catster

• ISIS Hostage Beheading: Why Japan's Efforts to Rescue Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa Failed

• BEIJING: China fears Japan will use hostage crisis to drop pacifist policies | World | The State

• Why is Japan turning to robots as bankers? (+video) - CSMonitor.com

• Japan Today

• Why ISIS Murdered Kenji Goto - The New Yorker

• Japan fire head coach Aguirre

• Constitutional change necessary to protect Japanese citizens: Abe | The Japan Times

• Hostage crisis could influence Japan's Mideast priorities | The Japan Times

• Japan sack coach Javier Aguirre due to ongoing match-fixing investigation | Football | The Guardian

• Japan huilt - Nederlands Dagblad

• Goto's final days saw him swapped between Islamic State factions | The Japan Times

• EDITORIAL: Japan's pacifist credo best defense against terrorism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• DPJ to use Piketty’s income inequality argument to assail 'Abenomics' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's leader grilled by lawmakers over handling of hostage crisis | Fox News

• Critics Say Abe's 'Interventionism' Made Japan A Target For ISIS : NPR

• Japan hostage killing: Critical test for PM Shinzo Abe - BBC News

• The Limits of Japan's Soft Power

• Hostage killings highlight threat, meager options for Japan - US News

• Japan vows revenge for ISIS beheadings | Christian News on Christian Today

• Japan faces scrutiny over failed hostage negotiations - The West Australian

• Tweet on Patience by Journalist Goto Spreads Through Social Media - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Opposition lawmakers to confront Abe over timing of Jan. 17 anti-IS aid pledge - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INSIGHT: Japan, Jordan had little to work with in trying to free hostages - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Crime and punishment: Abe's Mideast crisis | The Japan Times

• Japan to debate rescue missions after Islamic State executions | Reuters

• Japan's leader defends handling of hostage crisis - Yahoo News

• Analysis: The world's problems enter Japan's psyche, again - Yahoo News

• Hostage Crisis Deepens Debate Over How to Defend Japan | TIME

• Horror in Japan as Video Purports to Show Hostage Beheaded - ABC News

• Departing From Country’s Pacifism, Japanese Premier Vows Revenge for Killings - NYTimes.com

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Japan News Articles Jan 26 - Febr 1

• Crisis awakens Japanese to shortcomings, realities

• Japan’s Prime Minister Knew He Was Putting Hostage Lives at Risk - The Daily Beast

• BBC News - Japan wakes up to bad news about Kenji Goto

• Prime Minister Abe’s Statement on Japanese Hostage - WSJ

• Wereldwijde veroordeling executie journalist:

• 'Heinous': Outrage After Claim That ISIS Killed Japanese Hostage - NBC News.com

• 'Japan zal de terroristen nooit vergeven' | RTL Nieuws

• Prime Minister Abe’s Statement on Japanese Hostage - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Hostage crisis an excuse for Japan to remilitarize? | Asia-Pasific | Worldbulletin News

• Islamic State Militants Say They Killed 2nd Japanese Hostage - NYTimes.com

• Video: Islamic State group beheads Japanese journalist - US News

• Diplomatic blundering on hostages and history | The Japan Times

• The changing motives behind juvenile crime in Japan | The Japan Times

• IS onthoofdt tweede Japanner: ‘De nachtmerrie voor Japan is begonnen’ - De Standaard Mobile

• Kenji Goto's reporting is voice of humanity in times of atrocity - Committee to Protect Journalists

• Crime and punishment: Abe's Mideast crisis | The Japan Times

• Diplomatic blundering on hostages and history | The Japan Times

• Japan Self-Censors Images, Words Linked to Hostage Crisis - ABC News

• PLUS | Niet geregistreerd - De Standaard Mobile

• TOKYO: Japan self-censors images, words linked to hostage crisis | Television News | Idahostatesman.com

• Japan: de onderhandelingen met IS zitten muurvast - nrc.nl

• Japan self-censors images, words linked to hostage crisis

• Jordan, Japan Wait For News Of 2 ISIS Hostages

• Jordan And Japan In Dark On IS Hostages

• New ODA policy raises risks | The Japan Times

• Japan's hope may be found in its hinterlands | The Japan Times

• How Americans Changed The Way Japanese People Ate Sushi

• Japan, Jordan working closely on fate of hostage - Al Arabiya News

• Opmerkelijk: zo gaan Japanners om met terrorismedreiging | HP/De Tijd

• Japan must tax wealthy more heavily to close income gap: Piketty | The Japan Times

• Goto’s wife breaks silence as Jordan demands proof that pilot is alive | The Japan Times

• How Japan became a pop culture superpower » The Spectator

• ISIS Emerges as Clear Winner in Hostage Standoff with Jordan, Japan - US News

• UPDATE 9-Jordan prisoner swap on hold, fate of Japanese IS hostage unclear | Reuters

• Jordanië en Japan stemmen in met gevangenenruil met IS - HLN.be

• Amid Hostage Crisis, Japan’s Diet Prepares to Debate New Security Legislation | The Diplomat

• Safest cities in the world: Tokyo named the world's safest city in 2015 Safe Cities Index

• IS hostages: Japan analyses new voice recording - BBC News

• Why Does Japan Need Marriage Hunting? - WSJ

• Japan Studying Latest Message in Mideast Hostage Crisis - ABC News

• Japan analysing purported new voice recording of IS captive - PM's spokesman

• In Japan, ‘Marriage Hunting’ Homes Come With Stripper Poles - WSJ

• Skymark to file for protection from creditors | The Japan Times

• Jordan reportedly offers to swap would-be bomber for captured pilot; no mention of Goto | The Japan Times

• Japanners bespotten IS op Twitter - Media & technologie - TROUW

• 'Free Kenji' rally held outside prime minister's office | The Japan Times

• Japan vestigt hoop op Jordaanse contacten met IS | NOS

• Bankroet dreigt voor derde luchtvaartmaatschappij Japan | Het Financieele Dagblad

• Japan to maintain capital punishment in line with public support for the policy - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Belgische friet, big in Japan | Archief | De Morgen

• Hostage Mom's Plea to Japan's Leader: Please Save Kenji - ABC News

• UPDATE 2-New video of Islamic State captives despicable , says Japan PM

• Hostage crisis trips up Japan as it seeks global security role

• Japan Turns to 'I Am Kenji' Facebook Page on Hostage Crisis - ABC News

• Strong Support for Death Penalty in Japan - WSJ

• Japan Inc shuns seniority in favour of merit-based pay - FT.com

• Interview: Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Author Of 'Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye' : Parallels : NPR

  Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye

• Pommeke makes fries the main dish | The Japan Times

• Pommeke makes fries the main dish | The Japan Times

• IS geeft Japan en Jordanië nog maximaal 24 uur - Wereld - Knack Mobile

• Amazon Japan 'co-operating' with police after raid - BBC News

• Obokata may face criminal charges as former colleague alleges she stole stem cells | The Japan Times

• Goto swap gets more complex | The Japan Times

• DPJ questions Abe's timing of Mideast aid | The Japan Times

• Kenji Goto's reporting is voice of humanity in times of atrocity - Committee to Protect Journalists

• Japan viewed Goto video, called Jordan king ahead of online posting - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Should Not Turn Inward After ISIS Beheading

• Japan's ISIS hostage crisis: Where things stand - CNN.com

• Confirmed: China Is Building a Military Base Near Japan | The National Interest Blog

• Japan special envoy hopeful about release of hostage, pilot - Yahoo News

• Nous ne sommes pas Charlie: Voices that mock authority in Japan muzzled | The Japan Times

• Jordan govt officials: Hostage-prisoner exchange plan studied - The Japan News

• Hostage Crisis Could Divide Japan Over Plans to Boost Military

• Japan’s Message to the Countryside: Compete or Lose Funding - Bloomberg

• The Fight to Save Japan’s Young Shut-Ins - WSJ

• Japan seeks Jordan's help in gaining hostage's release - US News

• Japanese rice: the new, safe luxury food in China | Reuters

• Are women's makeup trends a clue to economic conditions? - 毎日新聞

• Japan logs record trade deficit in 2014 on weakening yen - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Islamic State affirms slaying of Japanese hostage Yukawa in radio broadcast - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Facebook users wage ‘I AM KENJI’ campaign in support of Islamic State captive - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Japanese Government Is Trying To Figure Out How To Get Its People To Have More Sex - Bloomberg Politics

• Japan exports grow most in year, signaling steady recovery from recession

• Hostage’s plea for life in Islamic State video puts pressure on Japanese PM

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