Japan News Articles Febr 2 - 8

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• 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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