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Japan News Articles. December 21 - 27

• Japan's Buddhists want Amazon to end

• Chinese spy ship is spotted off Japan's Boso Peninsula | The Japan Times

• Best books on Japan for 2015 | The Japan Times

• Tokyo digs: It's hosteling, but not as we know it | The Japan Times

• Perils of a slow-shaking quake | The Japan Times

• Abe, reforms sputtering, faces tough test to seal legacy | The Japan Times

• Comedian with fetish arrested over theft of girls' uniforms | The Japan Times

• Japan may offer ¥100 million fund, apology to permanently settle sex slave dispute with Seoul | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• Japan Today

• Japan breathing new life into rural areas - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan's economy continues to struggle - MarketWatch

• Why are Japanese children the healthiest in the world? | The Japan Times

• Tourism surge puts shine on biz hotels, hostels | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• How Did Christmas in Japan Become A Thing? - Answerman - Anime News Network

• Japan Today

• Ripped-off bar hostesses in Japan stand up for their rights | The Japan Times

• Japan says armed Chinese vessel enters Japan waters - Yahoo News

• Japan reported to be proposing 'comfort women' solution - BBC News

• Noboru Ando, Mobster Film Star in Japan, Dies at 89 - NYTimes.com

• U.S. venture zips through language barrier at restaurants in Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan signs off biggest ever defence budget as Senkaku tensions rise | World news | The Guardian

• Sint-Niklaas | HLN Japan riddert Daniël Ost

• Japan minister heads to Korea to try to resolve 'comfort women' issue | Reuters

• Japan court rules to restart Takahama nuclear reactors - BBC News

• Christmas in Japan: Hundreds queue outside of KFC branches in Tokyo for Japanese Christmas tradition | Asia | News | The Independent

• Lawmaker raises Diet eyebrows with first-ever bid to take child care leave | The Japan Times

• Top Japan news stories of 2015 | The Japan Times

• Japan picks new, more traditional design for 2020 Olympic stadium | Construction Dive

• Male lawmaker announces intention to take child care leave in Japan | The Japan Times

• George Takei to Discuss Growing Up in Japanese Interment Camp at Japan Society

• Japans defensiebudget naar recordhoogte | NOS

• There's a man running around Tokyo dressed as a lit-up Christmas tree

• Most Evil Corporation Of The Year In Japan Award 2015: 711 Japan? : Japan Subculture Research Center

• The Rise & Fall Of Japanese Xmas: Please Bring Back The Sex & Money & Carnal Pleasures : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Economy watch: Japan PM Shinzo Abe faces make-or-break test three years later - The Economic Times

• Emperor Akihito turns 82 urging Japan to remember war - Yahoo News

• Success of 'Abenomics' hinges on immigration policy | The Japan Times

• Manga artist Hasumi stirs outrage again with new book slammed as racist | The Japan Times

• Japan spots cannon-like equipment on Chinese ship near disputed isles - Yahoo News

• Sumo: Can Japan's national sport survive? - CNN.com

• Japan Selects New Plan for 2020 Olympic Stadium in Tokyo - NYTimes.com

• Man runs around Tokyo dressed as a Christmas tree - CNN.com

• Japan set to unveil expansionary budget | Business | The Guardian

• Design by Kengo Kuma picked for new National Stadium - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s netizens react angrily to foreign pick-up coach’s “guide to getting laid in Japan” | RocketNews24

• Would-be Japan PM says defense shift could be excuse for attack | Reuters

• Quand Youtube rend accessible les classiques japonais... - Liste de 111 films - SensCritique

• Supreme Court's surname ruling | The Japan Times

• Toshiba sees record ¥550 billion loss; more job cuts planned | The Japan Times

• Lawyers to challenge constitutionality of security laws | The Japan Times

• Toyota head, Akio Toyoda, resigns from Tokyo Olympic committee | The Japan Times

• Abe rapped for inaction on North Korean abduction issue | The Japan Times

• Japan tries to improve tourists' access to SIM cards, Wi-Fi | The Japan Times

• China tourists, weaker yen drive tourist inflows higher in Japan

• In Rapidly Aging Japan, Dying Is Big Business - NDTV.com

• Anonymous takes down 100 websites in Japan in anti-whaling campaign | Metro News

• Loneliness grows as 3/11 evacuees vacate temporary housing | The Japan Times

• Foreign guests to get New Year taste of Japan - The Japan News

• Summit preparations to increase security, but for whom? | The Japan Times

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View from Daikoku Warf

Morning & Evening Fujisan

Short Hike

Kamakura view from 衣張山 (450m)






Tokyo seen from 大楠山 (242m)


Yokohama

Sunset clouds

Kugenuma Beach

Fujisan in the clouds

Japan News Articles. December 14 - 20

• Japan Today

• Edo Castle had highest tower in nation, study finds - The Japan News

• Curtain finally falls on the 'Toru Hashimoto Show' | The Japan Times

• Christmas in Japan | Nippon.com

• Japan Today

• Japan eyes antidoping law in time for 2020 Olympics | The Japan Times

• In Japan, Christmas isn’t a holiday — it’s Kentucky Fried Chicken day - MarketWatch

• Rao's Meatballs With Marinara Sauce Recipe - NYT Cooking

• Recommended reading for the holidays and beyond | The Japan Times

• Sorry, ladies: Yokohama’s got all-new “Japan”-themed capsule hotel rooms just for men | RocketNews24

• Japan's 'Christian century' failed to blossom | The Japan Times

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• Japan: Two men hanged as disgraceful executions continue | Amnesty International USA

• Christmas Means KFC in Japan

• Japan's shares slide on stimulus disappointment - BBC News

• South Korean man snaps ‘photo weddings’ to improve ties with Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The British bakery that's big in Japan - Telegraph

• Japan Today

• Japan hangs prisoners days after lawyers' call for death penalty review | The Japan Times

• Japan adjusts its quantitative-easing programme | The Economist

• Japan hangt twee terdoodveroordeelden op ondanks internationale druk - De Standaard Mobile

• Bank of Japan surprises with new stimulus | Business | DW.COM | 18.12.2015

• Japan Executes 2 Convicted of Murder in 1st Jury Trial - ABC News

• Australia PM: whaling spat shouldn't be allowed to hurt Japan ties | Reuters

• Japan's curious passion for the business novel - BBC News

• EU wonders (out loud): Japan trade deal worth it? | Brussels blog

• No promises in Fukushima cleanup, director says | The Japan Times

• Experts say surname verdict reflects top court's gender, age makeup | The Japan Times

• Japan journalist found not guilty of defaming S Korean president - BBC News

• COP21: pourquoi le Japon est climato-aphone - Challenges.fr

• En 2015, le Japon exécute encore ses prisonniers par pendaison

• TEPCO: Key pressure relief valves failed at No. 2 reactor during Fukushima disaster - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Married-Name Law Isn't Just About Names - Bloomberg View

• Airbnb: Will Japan kill the golden goose? | The Japan Times

• Japan upholds rule that married couples must have same surname | World news | The Guardian

• Abe urges ambassadors from abroad to sing Japan's tourism praises | The Japan Times

• 'An,' meaning safety, named Japan's kanji of the year for 2015 | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• Two new Olympic stadium designs unveiled by Japan Sport Council | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Top Court Upholds Law Requiring Spouses to Share Surname - NYTimes.com

• Japan upholds rule that married couples must have same surname | World news | The Guardian

• How Japan Views History | The Diplomat

• In Japan young children commute solo to school on subway - CBS News

• Japan court ruling: The women fighting to keep their surnames - BBC News

• 2015 Kanji of the Year: “An” Juxtaposes Security and Unease | Nippon.com

• 'An,' meaning safety, named Japan's kanji of the year for 2015 | The Japan Times

• Japan's Olympic Stadium Debacle May Change the Way Cities Build Sports Venues 

• Zo vangt Japan ongewenste drones - Het Belang van Limburg Mobile

• Japan's building standards withstand biggest quake-resistance test - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s Controversial State Secrets Law: One Year Later | The Diplomat

• Japan's top court to rule on 19th-century family laws - Yahoo News

• Japan and India sign bullet train deal amid closer ties - BBC News

• Saitama assemblyman apologizes for remark about number of registered dogs, foreigners | The Japan Times

• Abe's Tax Compromise Raises Odds of Double Japan Summer Election - Bloomberg Business

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Japan News Articles. December 6 - 13

• Enquête : pourquoi les Japonaises ne font plus l’amour ? - Elle

• “Mamachari”: Japan’s Iconic Bicycle | Nippon.com

• Longest cable-suspended walkway offers breathtaking views of Mt. Fuji - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fears of Apple Watch exam cheating prompt Kyoto University wristwatch ban - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan to open door to foreign maids with Kanagawa as trial site - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Launches Anti-Terrorism Unit Ahead of Summit, Olympics - ABC News

• With eye on Tokyo Olympics, Ota Ward to let tourists stay in vacant properties - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Jobs in Japan outweigh recession-that-wasn’t

• Immigration Is Tough for Japan - Bloomberg View

• Toshiba shareholders sue former executives over cooked books as firm fined record ¥7.37 billion | The Japan Times

• Emojis are no longer cool in Japan.

• The 2014 Kanji of the Year: “Zei” (Tax) | Nippon.com

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Evenign Sky

Japan News Articles. November 30 - December 6

• Goodbye To Japan's Manga King - The Daily Beast

• Japan's economic troubles hit single-parent families and children especially hard - LA Times

• The Japanese Barely Eat Whale. So Why Do They Keep Whaling? | WIRED

• Forced to confess | The Economist

• Japans woord van 2015 benoemt Chinese koopwoede | Metro

• Whales Again a Diplomatic Issue for Australia-Japan Relations? | The Diplomat

• Aanraken vond ik niet erg - Mare - Leids Universitair Weekblad

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• Kyocera to Sell ‘Soap-Proof’ Smartphone in Japan - WSJ

• Poignant diary of a fallen young soldier shows life, love, heavy drinking - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese whaling ships depart for Antarctic hunt - BBC News

• Islamic State could attack Japan's infrastructure, public safety minister says | The Japan Times

• Ghost boats washing up in Japan may be result of North Korean fishing drive for food, cash | The Japan Times

• Houten ‘lijkboten’ drijven voor Japanse kust - De Standaard Mobile

• Japan’s Tech Troubles | Tokyo American Club

• There is a lot going on behind the closed doors of shunga | The Japan Times

• Deep changes urged in Japan's male-centered work culture | The Japan Times

• Almost nobody in Japan eats whale. Why is whaling so important to Japan? - CSMonitor.com

• Mort du mangaka Shigeru Mizuki

• Mysterie: wat spoelt er aan in Japan? | Radio1

• deredactie.be video: Luguber mysterie: wat spoelt er aan in Japan?

• Japan earthquake: Fukushima radiation scans for babies - BBC News

• Japan Combats Rise in Hate Speech | Al Jazeera America

• Japan's Cute Army - The New Yorker

• タイムズ相石パーク鵠沼海岸 | タイムズ駐車場検索

• Abe restates pledge to lead drive for constitutional revision - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Chicago hope | The Economist

• Japan's newest and largest mosque opens its doors - Al Jazeera English

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Morning Fuji

ISS passing over Yokohama

International Space Station was passing over Yokohama this evening between 5:41 and 5:44PM. I tried to take a picture (the line in the middle - the faint line on the right was an airplane flying over)

Birthday Surprise

Sunset in Fujisawa