Japan News Articles. December 28 - January 3

• Why Abe's 'womenomics' program isn't working | The Japan Times

• Abe vows Japan will exercise leadership in year of challenges ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Burakumin: Descendants of caste considered 'tainted' face new discrimination in Japan | Asia | News | The Independent

• Japan: 'Eerst monument verwijderen, dan krijgen troostmeisjes geld' - De Standaard Mobile

• Waarom Japanners gieren om de naam Scheveningen

• South Korea defends accord with Japan to settle 'comfort women' issue

• Saying sorry for sex slavery | The Economist

• Japan and South Korea: A New Beginning? - FPIF

• F1-wagens losgelaten op de weg in Japan - AutoGids

• Rare giant squid encounter filmed by diver in Toyama Bay, Japan – video | World news | The Guardian

• Coming to Terms on Japan’s Wartime Sex Slaves - The New York Times

• Scholar of Japan, Keene Finds His Life Intertwined With It - ABC News

• In new habit, Japan's Buddhist temples seek slice of foreign tourism boom | Reuters

• 'Comfort women': Taiwan tells Japan to extend compensation - BBC News

• 'Comfort women' deal likely to fuel Tokyo-Seoul military cooperation, aid Obama pivot | The Japan Times

• Ook Taiwan wil Japanse excuses voor troostmeisjes

• Olympics to generate up to ¥30 trillion for economy: BOJ | The Japan Times

• Ook Nederlandse 'troostmeisjes' willen nu excuses | NOS

• Trotse Abe zegt na 70 jaar sorry - NRC

• A table. Le sushi, autrefois populaire, aujourd’hui branché | Courrier international

• South Korea and Japan 'finally and irreversibly' reconcile on World War II sex slaves - LA Times

• Le Japon accepte de dédommager les « femmes de réconfort », esclaves sexuelles durant la guerre

• South Korea and Japan Reach Deal on Wartime ‘Comfort Women’ - NYTimes.com

• South Korea and Japan Reach Deal on Wartime ‘Comfort Women’ - NYTimes.com

• Japan school girl culture: The dark truth - CNN.com

• Japan Today

• Vierde Japanse stad met legale partnerschappen voor holebi koppels. | holebi.info

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