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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