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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