Japan News Articles. August 10 - 16

• Growing influence of Japan Conference reflects resentment at Tokyo's postwar settlement with Washington | The Japan Times

• INSIGHT: Separating war criminals from Yasukuni could help fulfill Tojo's final wish for peace - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Japanese women who married the enemy - BBC News

• The suicide pilot who took his wife with him to be a TV drama - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse keizer Akihito toont berouw over WOII | NOS

• Before-and-after photos show devastation of Japanese cities at end of war - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• AKB48 not just popular in Japan – Belgian politician lobbying for first European concert | RocketNews24

• Sendai reactors vulnerable to eruptions, state-picked volcanologist warns | The Japan Times

• Au Japon, la petite musique pacifiste impériale - Libération

• For Japan's Abe, a delicate balancing act in expressing 'profound grief' for WWII - CSMonitor.com

• Commentary: Abe's watered-down apology fails sincerity test - Xinhua | English.news.cn

• Abe expresses 'grief' for war, but says Japan can't apologize forever - LA Times

• Suntory pulls promotional bags bearing designs by embattled Tokyo Olympics logo designer | The Japan Times

• Speech on World War II: 3 words to watch for from Japan's Shinzo Abe - LA Times

• Japan protests visit of Russian minister to disputed island off Hokkaido - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Will Shinzo Abe say sorry for the second World War?

• The last kamikaze: two Japanese pilots tell how they cheated death | World news | The Guardian

• «Journal d'Hiroshima»: le terrifiant carnet d'après la Bombe | Slate.fr

• The selective keeping of memories in Japan - The Washington Post

• Why Japan is restarting nuclear reactors, despite public outcry - CSMonitor.com

• Japan restarts reactor in test of Abe's nuclear policy | Reuters

• Was It Right to Drop Atom Bombs on Japan? - WSJ

• Japan restarts first nuclear power plant since Fukushima - BBC News

• Japan laat nucleaire pauzeknop weer los - De Standaard

• Overijsselse scouts laaiend enthousiast over bezoek aan Japan

• 'Car-in-a-bag' created in Japan - BBC News

• Etre un kamikaze japonais… et avoir échappé à la mort | Big Browser

• A legacy of WWII, Korean residents test nation's ability to accommodate non-Japanese | The Japan Times

• On the Seventieth Anniversary of the Bombing, Japan Remembers Nagasaki · Global Voices

• Reactor in Kagoshima poised for restart despite public opposition | The Japan Times

• Keizerin Michiko van Japan heeft hartproblemen - Blauw Bloed

• Japan to restart reactor in test of Abe's nuclear policy | Reuters

• Japan's Abe to refer to 'apology' in WW2 anniversary remarks: NHK | Reuters

• Japan herdenkt atoombom op Nagasaki - nrc.nl

• Nagasaki remembered: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told, get off the road to war - Asia - World - The Independent

• Things that are considered rude in Japan - Business Insider

• Under Surveillance in Tokyo | SNA Japan

• Japan remembers Nagasaki atomic bomb, 70 years on - BBC News

• Japan’s Anti-Nuclear Movement at High Tide | SNA Japan

• What Nagasaki looked like before and after the bomb - The Washington Post

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