Japan News Articles. June 22 - 28

• Sony: We Want To Reclaim Japan « GamingBolt.com: Video Game News, Reviews, Previews and Blog

• Japan has a flag problem, too - The Washington Post

• Japan advances to Women’s World Cup semifinals with win over Australia

• LDP issues swift reprimands in bid to quell anti-media fracas | The Japan Times

• Subsidies used as carrot to prod national universities to streamline, ditch humanities | The Japan Times

• Assault on Press Freedoms in Japan | SNA Japan

• Japan Work Conditions Affect Marriage, Birth Rates | Al Jazeera America

• UPDATE Japan: Where Is The Economic Recovery?

• Mobile Web - Entertainment - Sexy gorilla in Japan makes women swoon

• Zushi opens with eye on reviving summer buzz | The Japan Times

• Media fire back at LDP for targeting revenue of newspapers critical of security bills | The Japan Times

• Japan May inflation ticks up just 0.1% on-year; household spending jumps 4.8%

• Japan unlikely to join China's development bank...for now

• Pro-Abe lawmakers offer plan to 'punish' media; Hyakuta wants Okinawa papers closed - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Questions linger about new Yamanote Line station | The Tokyo Reporter

• CEO of embattled Japan air bag maker Takata meets media, apologizes for defect - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• EDITORIAL: Japan would be better off without an unofficial Abe war statement - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Two Sides of Japan's Deficit Trap - Bloomberg View

• Toyota's Drug Problem, and Japan's - Bloomberg View

• Japan's secret navy bunker gives glimpse of war's final days - Yahoo News

• Tama the cat, Japan's cutest stationmaster, has died - CNN.com

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• Girl group's anti-LDP lyrics cause Yamato city to pull support of event - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Suspicion grows over Toyota exec's motive for alleged illegal painkiller import - 毎日新聞

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• Japan's secret underground navy headquarters gives glimpse of WWII's final days | Fox News

• The pathetic state of the DPJ | The Japan Times

• More instability for temp workers? | The Japan Times

• Murayama urges Abe to get Cabinet approval for WWII anniversary statement | The Japan Times

  As Abe’s war statement will attract international attention, “any personal statement may deepen doubts” about Japan’s readiness to apologize for its colonial rule and aggression, Murayama said.

• National stadium cost soars to ¥252 billion | The Japan Times

• Middle-aged virgins: Why so many Japanese stay chaste - CNN.com

• Tourism boom lifts economy, but brings headaches | The Japan Times

• Okinawa reflects on battle's end 70 years later, as Abe is heckled over base burden | The Japan Times

• What Donald Trump really means when he hates on Japan - Vox

• South Korea-Japan Relations: Toward a ‘New Future’? | The Diplomat

• How American occupation led to Japan’s ‘war on dance’ - The Washington Post

• Toyota Headquarters in Japan Searched by Police: Kyodo - Bloomberg Business

• Women on These Beautiful Islands Have Japan's Best Recipe for Fertility and Longevity - Bloomberg Business

• Van de Ven vindt dat Japan 'dodelijk effectief' was | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl

• Hoping for growth | The Economist

• Japan's PM Shinzo Abe heckled at Okinawa battle anniversary event | World news | The Guardian

• Japan marks 70th anniversary of Battle of Okinawa

• Japan Marks 70th Anniversary of WWII Battle of Okinawa - ABC News

• Shinzo Abe must find the courage to finally end Japan's history wars

• Robots in Japan now have emotions - Quartz

• Tokio kampt met arbeiderstekort voor projecten Olympische Spelen 2020 | Japan

• Diet session extended through September as Abe aims to pass contentious security bills | The Japan Times

• Japan, South Korea mark 50 years of postwar ties | The Japan Times

• Leaders of South Korea and Japan Speak of Improving Ties - NYTimes.com

• Philippines Holds Drills With US, Japan Near Disputed Sea - ABC News

• In search of Japanese and American shared values | The Japan Times

• Tokyo tourism video showing 'miracle' train cleaning crew at work goes viral - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tokyo — world's most livable city? | The Japan Times

• Japan fiscal blueprint to propose flexible spending on annual basis

• South Korea, Japan mark 50 years of ties with push to overcome strains | Reuters

• Women still face a tough time in the hallowed halls of Japan's prestigious universities | Public Radio International

• Not friends yet, but Japan and South Korea are talking - Yahoo News

• Japan shakes off 67-year ban on dancing after midnight - CNN.com

• Women give 'red card' to Abe's push for controversial security bills - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan News Articles. June 15 - 21

• Ce que murmurent les petites maisons du Japon - LeTemps.ch

• Japan LDP policy chief calls for spending cap, warns of weak-yen pain

• A final indignity for those who built Japan | The Japan Times

• Not Friends yet: Japan, S. Korea Mark 50-Year Treaty - ABC News

• Pinched pensions limit Japanese consumer clout ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Most Japan firms reluctant to unwind cross-shareholdings: poll | Reuters

• Arrested Toyota exec didn't need painkiller, medical checkup finds | The Japan Times

• Aantal ongelukken in Japanse bergen hoger dan ooit | Japan

• Daihatsu to woo female drivers with body-changeable minicar - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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• Japan must do more to justify latest 'research whaling' plan: IWC | The Japan Times

• Temp workers dealt blow as dispatch bill clears Lower House | The Japan Times

• Japan faces dilemma over plutonium stored in France

• A short history of Japan's long noodles | The Japan Times

• NPO Radio 1 - Waarom Japanse vrouwen goed kunnen voetballen

• Toyota Plays Defense After PR Chief Arrested in Japan | PRNewser

• Patrick Schwarzenegger comes under fire in Japan after pranking stranger at Kyoto temple | RocketNews24

• Japan tourism boom a welcome boost to economy, but awkward for country unused to foreign ways | Star Tribune

• Document shows Tepco was aware of need for tsunami measures in 2008: lawyers | The Japan Times

• Japan’s tourism boom lifts economy, brings headaches

• Toyota PR chief arrested on suspected Japan drug violation

• Japan eases late-night restrictions on dance clubs | The Japan Times

• Experts discuss differences in historical recognition between Japan, Germany - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan faces dilemma over plutonium stored in France | Reuters

• Kamikaze survivors debunk stereotype in stories of sacrifice - Yahoo News

• Japan auto quality sinks below industry average

• Shouting at Japan CEOs is still a losing strategy, Fidelity says | The Japan Times

• Tokio niet meer in top 10 duurste steden | Japan

• Japan overturns midnight dancing ban - Yahoo News

• Burger King Japan to Sell ‘Red’ Burgers - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Donald Trump: Chevrolet in Tokyo, Japan, 'doesn't exist' | PolitiFact

• Voting age in Japan to be lowered from 20 to 18 - BBC News

• How to avoid tourist trouble in Japan - CNN.com

• Au Japon, danser en club redevient légal - Libération

• Indians in Japan — a love story beset with challenges | The Japan Times

• Diet enacts law lowering voting age to 18 from 20 | The Japan Times

• South Korea foreign minister to make first trip to Japan in four years

• New Chinese islands don't settle sea disputes: Japan - Yahoo News

• Flash - South Korea FM to visit Japan for first time - France 24

• Corporate Japan Thinks It's 1985 - Bloomberg View

• Hikers on Tokyo's Mt. Takaosan cool down at beer garden marking its 50th season - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• NHK filter gives viewers 'legal' way to avoid Japan's TV tax | The Japan Times

• Japan and China: ‘Intimate Rivals’ | The Diplomat

• Vier tips om vakantie naar Japan goedkoper te maken | Japan

• Japan’s Pachinko-Powered Gambling Problem | Acumen | OZY

• Fear of Dying Alone: The State of Japan’s Aging Population - WSJ

• Light ashfall points to volcano eruption in central Japan; no damage reports

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• Shibuya might close streets to cars on weekends again | The Japan Times

• Japanese PM's plan to allow troops to fight overseas angers voters | World news | The Guardian

• Will Japan repeat past errors? | The Japan Times

• Japan's security bills threaten constitution: Legal experts - The Economic Times on Mobile

• Embassy posts warning after Thai shoplifter jailed in Japan | Bangkok Post: news

• Prime Minister Abe’s Trip to the United States: The Official and the Unofficial | Nippon.com

• U.S. woman attempting to row across Pacific gives up, taken to Japan after rescue The Orange County Register

• Chat app firm aims for Japanese music revolution

• Japan PM Abe's support lowest since 2012 amid doubts about security bills

• Buddhism, bombs and blouses: Japan's versatile 'washi' paper | Lifestyle from CTV News

• North Korea fires three short-range missiles into Sea of Japan | The Japan Times

• Man buys watermelon for $2,800 in Japan | WKBN.com

• Who’s Happy Now? | Nippon.com

• INSIGHT: Success of revised decommissioning plan for Fukushima far from a done deal - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan News Articles. June 8 - 14

• New exhibit gives different perspective on WWII's end _ one in which Japanese were the victims | Star Tribune

• Just how clean are Japan’s high-tech public restroom bidet-equipped toilets? | RocketNews24

• Japan's masochistic approach to immigration | The Japan Times

• Off-the-beaten path to seeing another side of Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Crown Princess Masako to travel abroad for 1st time since 2013 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• YOUNG KAMIKAZE: Inexperienced youths designated for suicide missions - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• What's Ahead for Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant - ABC News

• De heilige kunst van de Japanse tatoeage | VICE | Netherlands

• Fukushima decommissioning schedule revised to delay spent fuel removal | The Japan Times

• What's ahead for Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant - Yahoo News

• Media should stop legitimizing Abe's Article 9 'reinterpretation' | The Japan Times

• Japan parliament brawl over labour law - BBC News

• Japan Airlines pilot suspended for cockpit selfie - NY Daily News

• Facing Japan - De Standaard Mobile

• La maladive virginité des Japonais

• Monk awed by spectacle of iconic ‘Diamond Fuji’ from distant vantage point - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Line launches paid music streaming service in Japan ahead of Apple Music | PCWorld

• Tokyo is world's most livable city: Monocle magazine | The Japan Times

• Japan to speed up return of Fukushima area evacuees | Reuters

• Yamanashi prepares evacuation map for Mount Fuji eruption - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• YOUNG KAMIKAZE: Impossible not to volunteer for suicide mission - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ginza hostesses, legal experts stunned by court rejection of claim for adultery - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Kawasaki Youth’s Murder Exposes Japan’s Social and Policy Failings in Coping with Immigration | Nippon.com

• Line beats Apple and Spotify to music streaming in Japan | The Verge

• Bureaucratic bungling behind butter shortage - Japan Today

• Vagina monologue | The Economist

• Tokyo court ruling says adultery OK if it's for business: experts | The Japan Times

• Tokyo is world's most livable city: Monocle magazine | The Japan Times

• Why Russia will not return the Southern Kurils to Japan | Russia Beyond The Headlines

• Military officers given greater influence in Defense Ministry - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Stalin's secret railway for war against Japan confirmed in Mongolia - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Latest Sign of a China-Japan Thaw | The Diplomat

• Miljardenproject komt stap dichterbij - Gazet van Antwerpen Mobile

• Flip Kowlier maakt Japanners zot - HLN.be

• Japan messaging app Line launches music streaming business

• Where to find Japanese films screening in Tokyo with English subtitles | The Japan Times

• Foreign same-sex couples here enjoy rights that Japanese don't | The Japan Times

• Defense Ministry bureaucrats to lose their rank superiority over SDF officers | The Japan Times

• Constitutional Questions Grow Over Japan PM's Military Plans - ABC News

• 'Facing Japan': een brug tussen Japan en hier | Expo Fotografie | De Morgen

• Retired politicians urge Japan to face the truth over WWII crimes - Channel NewsAsia

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• Japan’s School Uniforms | Nippon.com

• Too much 'ganbaru' could push anyone over the edge | The Japan Times

• Tochigi mixed-bath hot-spring is forced to close after group sex rumors | The Japan Times

• Op tekenles zien Japanse mannen eindelijk een naakte vrouw | NOS

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• Japan shares fail to gain momentum from growth data - BBC News

• Japan’s GDP lift is bounty from currency war

• Meet Shinzo Abe, shareholder activist | The Economist

• Heartache for Japan's real-life 40-year-old virgins | News | GMA News Online

• Japan says won't decide on AIIB until corruption addressed

• Theme parks strive to attract more senior visitors - The Japan News

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Japan News Articles. June 1 - 7

• BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Jake Adelstein - Tokyo Vice, Episode 1

• Spanish Tuna Fishing Melds to Japan’s Taste, Endangering a 3,000-Year-Old Technique - NYTimes.com

• Watch out for hidden hazards of buying land | The Japan Times

• Miss Universe Japan gets online abuse 'because she doesn't look Japanese enough' - People - News - The Independent

• Japan hotels offer tight space for a tight budget | Travel | Toronto Sun

• Refusing to check out of the Hotel Okura | The Japan Times

• Worrying lack of stable jobs | The Japan Times

• Mie's G-7 summit victory credited to Ise Shrine | The Japan Times

• Kawashima weet nog niet waar toekomst ligt - HLN.be

• Tiny Japanese brewery links up with Italian town to make unique sake - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Education ministry setting higher hurdle for English education - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Peter Pan Problem - Bloomberg View

• The End of a Treasure in Tokyo - NYTimes.com

• Right side up | The Economist

• Shinzo Abe: 3 big challenges facing the world - CNN.com

• At G-7, Japan's Energy Plan Is Not All That Green - ABC News

• Shima, capital of pearl cultivation, to host G-7 summit in 2016 | The Japan Times

• American School in Japan admits covering up teacher's sex abuse for decades | The Japan Times

• Toyota’s Single-Seat Electric Cars Debut at Japan Post Offices - WSJ

• Abe Sets 2016 G-7 Summit in Scenic Shima, Japan - WSJ

• Panel: Old people in Tokyo should move to rural regions for nursing care - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Riding the crest | The Economist

• Japan’s changing food tastes are hard to swallow for rice and sake enthusiasts | Life and style | The Guardian

• Je eigen bios in een kartonnen doos | RTL Nieuws

• Abe's ruling party suffers 'own goal' in Japan security debate | Reuters

• The beauty contest winner making Japan look at itself - BBC News

• Why South Korea is so obsessed with Japan

• Experts blast constitutional reinterpretation in Lower House session | The Japan Times

• A New Role for Japan’s Military - NYTimes.com

• Japanse filmploeg strijkt neer in Bokrijk (Genk) - Het Belang van Limburg

• Emperor's remarks on WWII 'remorse' a prod to Abe, says journalist

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• Japanese spa fudo no yu closed after string of orgies revealed | World news | The Guardian

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• Japan: Toilets and drinking water considered for lifts - BBC News

• Pregnancy and birth in Japan: a cultural primer for foreign mothers | The Japan Times

• OECD says Japan needs spending cuts, not on track to meet fiscal targets - The Economic Times

• Bloementapijt viert volgend jaar diplomatieke relaties met Japan

• Godzilla finally gets citizenship in Japan - BBC News

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• Antwerpen verwacht meer Japanse toeristen via Zaventem - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• Japan may install toilets in elevators for earthquake emergencies | World news | The Guardian

• Japan's shares end longest winning streak since 1988 - BBC News

• Japan's first reactor restart delayed to August: Kyushu Electric

• Abe team moves to limit political damage from pension hack | The Japan Times

• Japan to ban drone flights by individuals in residential areas - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japon : la face cachée de Shinzo Abe

• Japan door de ogen van Vlaamse fotografen - Radar - KnackWeekend Mobile

• Slechte fietsers moeten lessen volgen in Japan | Japan

• Japan pension system hacked; 1.25 million cases of personal data leaked

• INTERVIEW: U.S. history professor highlights 'mythology' of 1945 A-bombs - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tokyo Granny Found Stuffed in Suitcase - The Daily Beast

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• Japan abandoned body found in suitcase at Tokyo station - BBC News

• Japan PM Apologizes Over Heckling at Parliament - ABC News

• Brussels Airport krijgt rechtstreekse verbinding met Tokio:

• Solar Impulse forced to land in Japan - BBC News

• Japan Earthquake First to Shake Whole Nation - WSJ

• Japan: Politics, power and the press - Al Jazeera English

• Abe's security bills baffle 81% of the public: survey | The Japan Times

• Quake's depth, placement likely extended its reach: expert | The Japan Times

• Japan earthquake: Footage shows moment quake hit Tokyo - BBC News

• U.S. greenlights Japan's march back to militarism | The Japan Times

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Japan News Articles May 25 - 31

• Sleeping with customers does not harm marriage, judge rules - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• RTÉ Mobile - Japan on alert after earthquake hits off coast

• 'Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings' reveals intricacies of Edo Period architecture and interiors | The Japan Times

• Is 'proactive peace' just a new term for war? | The Japan Times

• In Japan, You Get a Tax Break and a Side of Lobster and Beef - NYTimes.com

• M8.5 quake rocks Ogasawara Islands, jolting Tokyo and wider Kanto area | The Japan Times

• Magnitude 8.5 quake strikes off eastern Japan, no immediate reports of damage - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - 23rd Japan-EU Summit, Tokyo, 29 May 2015 Joint Press Statement

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• Japan volcano: Mount Shindake erupts, forcing evacuation - BBC News

• Biracial Beauty Queen Strives for Change in Mono-Ethnic Japan - NYTimes.com

• Used handbags provide an unlikely barometer for Japan’s economy - FT.com

• Volcano Erupts in Southern Japan, Spewing Ash High Into Sky - ABC News

• Volcano erupts without warning on Kuchinoerabu Island; evacuation ordered | The Japan Times

• Japan core inflation rose 0.3% on-year in April, tad above forecast

• Japanse telecomgigant vervangt wachtwoorden door biometrie - Security.NL

• Abe says Constitution would rule out full-scale invasion, but 'exceptions' are unclear | The Japan Times

• How does Japan treat gay people?

• President Park Geun-hye's Japan stance in perspective | The Japan Times

• Japan Nuclear Plant Obtains Final Permit Needed to Restart - NYTimes.com

• Japan is facing yet another butter shortage - Telegraph

• Abe lays out scenarios for SDF dispatch if security bills pass | The Japan Times

• Japan business lobby head urges government to cut spending

• With rural Japan shrinking and aging, a small town seeks to stem the trend - The Washington Post

• Japan and South Korea Should Bridge Their Differences, Snyder and Glosserman Write in New Book - Council on Foreign Relations

• Tokio veiligste stad van de wereld | Japan

• Japanse bedrijven moeten overuren best betaalde werknemers niet langer...

• Japanners eten minder vis dan jij denkt | NOS

• Because of “Galapagos syndrome,” most of Japan’s cash machines are useless to foreigners – Quartz

• Japan coalition wants to end most Fukushima evacuations by 2017: draft | Reuters

• Shinzo Abe urged to confront Japan's colonial aggression and use of sex slaves | World news | The Guardian

• Japan braces for severe butter shortage | World news | The Guardian

• Strong growth for Japan, but outlook still 'close to zero' - May. 19, 2015

• Michael Penn: The challenges on the road to smart towns- Nikkei Asian Review

• Lowball nuclear pitch is fooling no one | The Japan Times

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• IAEA report on Fukushima slams lack of tsunami preparedness despite awareness of threat | The Japan Times

• Correctly understanding Japan's postwar history | The Japan Times

• Eastern Japan shaken by 5.6 magnitude quake, no tsunami warning | Reuters

• First look in Japan's Sendai nuclear power plant - BBC News

• Japan Inc not as keen as Abe government on nuclear power -Reuters poll

• Japanse gangsters en extreemrechts: de band tussen de Yakuza en Uyoku Dantai | VICE | Netherlands

• Society helps sustain Japan's sordid sexual trade in schoolgirls | The Japan Times

• Piketty boom fading too fast | The Japan Times

• Japanese bid for labor 'reform' revives 'karoshi' fears | The Japan Times

• Escaping the rat race in Japan - The Washington Post

• Japan: Resentful man flushes wife’s remains in supermarket toilet | The Indian Express

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