Japan News Articles February 22 - 28

• Smartphone addiction spreads to younger set ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Suicide Forest, Aokigahara, Japan’s most popular end-of-life destination

• Rocket tests have Japanese media wondering: How do you solve a problem like (North) Korea? | The Japan Times

• Japan shrinks, Tokyo explodes - IN SCHOOL - The Hindu

• Learning to embrace the halal industry | The Japan Times

• Behind the Scenes / Japan’s rare freedom to ‘freely’ dissolve Diet - The Japan News

• Does Tohoku's disaster tourism exploit or educate? | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• Japan tourism: More than a revamp needed by traditional inns- Nikkei Asian Review

• A troubling low autopsy rate | The Japan Times

• Five years on, Greenpeace assessing marine contamination off Fukushima | The Japan Times

• What are Facebook’s five new “reactions” called in Japan? | RocketNews24

• The Guardian view on Japan’s shrinking population: who will look after the old? | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian

• Japan opposition parties to merge with eye on July election | Reuters

• Japan has reasons to be scared | The Japan Times

• 3 ex-TEPCO execs to be indicted Mon. over Fukushima nuclear disaster - The Mainichi

• Drone delivers food to rural areas in Japan - CBBC Newsround

• Taiwan's Foxconn to delay $4.3bn takeover of Sharp - BBC News

• Japan's Sharp Accepts Takeover, Foxconn Not Ready to Sign - NYTimes.com

• Japan's Sharp 'accepts multi-billion-dollar bailout from Foxconn parent'

• Pilot in Sapporo plane evacuation disputes police account of engine problem | The Japan Times

• Tepco admits it should have declared meltdowns at Fukushima plant much earlier | The Japan Times

• Japan's 'suicide forest' where dozens choose to kill themselves every year - Mirror Online

• Japan's Sharp sees shares up on takeover reports - BBC News

• A 'major change' is making Japan a buy: JPMorgan expert

• Abe snubs Obama over Russia visit | The Japan Times

• De tentoonstelling ‘Fuji. Iconische berg in beeld’ wegens succes verlengd | leiden

• Tokyo sightseeing boats offer unique views, but missing foreign tourist tide | The Japan Times

• Japan Is a Disturbing Cautionary Tale for America and the World | TIME

• Japan Today

• Forced labor allegations, abuses continue to dog Japan's foreign trainee program | The Japan Times

• Amnesty slams Japan's contentious secrecy law, low acceptance of refugees | The Japan Times

• Airbnb faces headaches in booming Japanese market February 23

• Mount Fuji Through the Lens of Ōyama Yukio (Photos) | Nippon.com

• Wasteful spending in Tohoku | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• Japan finmin won't rule out chance of more fiscal stimulus | Reuters

• Toshiba scraps smart glasses days before launch date | The Japan Times

• Mobster turned pastor preaches to ex-yakuza in Japan - CNN.com

• Wasteful spending in Tohoku | The Japan Times

• Japan's scandals, shaky economy erode Abe's support as polls loom | Reuters

• Shikoku, one of Japan’s smallest and most serene islands: An insider’s secret in the Inland Sea | Asia | Travel | The Independent

• These are the amazing things you can do in Japan on Cat Day - BBC News

• As residents and reactors age, Fukui's fortunes fade | The Japan Times

• Thousands surround Japan parliament in protest at US base plan - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan Today

• Bank of Japan's Kuroda blames 'excessive' risk aversion for market tumult

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