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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