Japan News Articles April 25 - May 1

• Abenomics is failing, warns Japanese opposition leader — FT.com

• Enjoy your life in Japan, for the moments | The Japan Times

• Majority against amending Constitution under Abe: survey | The Japan Times

• Top companies move to hire more foreigners | The Japan Times

• Yen surge 'extremely worrying' warns Japan's finance minister

• Drone bedient Japanse golfers met drank en snacks | Metro

• 70-cm fault slippage in cliff found in Kumamoto：The Asahi Shimbun

• Hakone in hot water: Romance, gimlets and raunchy 'onsen' | The Japan Times

• China Lays Out Firm Conditions for Improved Ties With Japan - NYTimes.com

• Japan's meek media kowtows to the government | The Japan Times

• Foreign ministers of Japan and China OK plan to boost bilateral ties | The Japan Times

• Japanse buitenlandminister voor eerst in vier jaar naar China | China en Japan | De Morgen

• Why does McDonald’s Japan sell more Filet-O-Fish when it rains? | RocketNews24

• Japan Today

• In rare meeting, foreign ministers of China, Japan attempt to reduce mistrust | The Indian Express

• China wants 'cooperation, not confrontation' with Japan | Daily Mail Online

• Kumamoto kicks off housing drive for evacuees; Kyushu Expressway reopens | The Japan Times

• Fukushima No. 1 plant's ice wall won't be watertight, says chief architect | The Japan Times

• Japan looks to reform rigid tour guide exams as part of wider tourism push | The Japan Times

• Hitomi: Japan to abandon costly satellite sent to study black holes - BBC News

• How France sank Japan's $40 billion Australian submarine dream | Reuters

• Underwater envy | The Economist

• Japan doesn't want the U.S. to apologize for bombing Hiroshima. Here's why - LA Times

• Buurtbewoners in Japan niet blij met lijkenhotel | NOS

• As Japan's electricity reform kicks off, Germany serves as warning | Reuters

• Japan's corpse hotels upset some of the neighbors | Reuters

• Buurtbewoners niet opgezet met Japanse 'lijkenhotels' - HLN.be

• Regels rond Japanse mascottes versoepeld na aardbeving | Metro

• The Plight of Japan’s Single Mothers | Nippon.com

• Five Years Ago, a Tsunami Devastated Japan. Now a Filmmaker Looks Back. · Global Voices

• Japanese Priests Collected Almost Seven Centuries of Climate Data | Smart News | Smithsonian

• Japan revises tourist guide cautioning against belching, breaking wind, stealing cutlery

• Bank of Japan shocks investors with vote against more stimulus April 28

• 1,000 quakes recorded in two Kyushu prefectures in two weeks since initial jolt | The Japan Times

• Japan's offshore investors on edge as Panama Papers revelations spark Hong Kong clampdown | The Japan Times

• Japan geeft kapotte ruimtetelescoop op | Telegraaf.nl

• Stocks hit after BofJ doesn't boost stimulus, GDP slows, Icahn sells Apple

• Japan's Central Bank Leaves Monetary Policy Mostly Unchanged - NYTimes.com

• Bank of Japan keeps monetary policy steady

• What Happens When The Bank Of Japan Owns Everything? - Forbes

• Van Sant plots a bleak hike through Aokigahara | The Japan Times

• Japan releases guide to etiquette in bid to stop tourists burping and farting | Daily Mail Online

• Marubeni, Itochu, UCC chief among Japan stakeholders named in Panama Papers | The Japan Times

• Japan is boerse toeristen beu | Metro

• Japan Today

• Mitsubishi Motors Sees Orders in Japan Tumble After Scandal - Bloomberg

• The muzzling of Japan's media is hurting Abenomics | The Japan Times

• Japanese Monks Recorded the Climate for 700 Years

• Japan Is Replacing Its Farmers with Robots | Food & Wine

• Panoramic Photos Show The Aftermath Of Japan’s Twin Earthquakes

• Japan’s Disastrous “Safety Myth”: Ignoring the Lessons of Minor Nuclear Incidents | Nippon.com

• Japan eyes more foreign workers, stealthily challenging immigration taboo | Reuters

• NHK head again in hot water over remarks about news coverage：The Asahi Shimbun

• Quakes leave 134 school buildings in Kumamoto at risk of collapse：The Asahi Shimbun

• Hidden poverty growing under Abe, particularly among young and single mothers | The Japan Times

• IAEA review spurs Japan nuclear regulators to bolster safety regimen, look to U.S. for training | The Japan Times

• Over 700 people file suits over Japan's new security laws | The Japan Times

• Australian politics, Japan's lack of experience behind failed bid to build subs | The Japan Times

• Australia awards France submarine 'deal of the century', to Japan's fury

• U.S. Ospreys getting positive PR in Japan quake relief role | The Japan Times

• Why So Many Japan Quake Victims Have `Economy-Class' Syndrome - Bloomberg

• Truths and Fictions in Everyday Japan

• Mitsubishi sjoemelde al sinds 1991 met brandstofverbruik | NOS

• Japanse drone bezorgt drank en snacks op golfbaan|Dft| Telegraaf.nl

• Japan wants more foreign workers

• One Bright Spot in Japan's Economy: Higher Wages for Part-Timers - Bloomberg

• Nearly two-thirds of Kumamoto schools remain closed after quakes | The Japan Times

• How are eating disorders treated in Japan? Share your story | Sarah Marsh | Society | The Guardian

• Japan: land of the rising drone – but only for golfers | euronews, corporate

• Singapore, Japan mark 50 years of diplomatic ties - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan in Depth / Organizational power won the day - The Japan News

• Japan’s Fighter Jets Intercepted Chinese Aircraft 571 Times in 2015 | The Diplomat

• More than 4,000 houses judged in ‘unsafe’ state in Kumamoto：The Asahi Shimbun

• Bezoek president VS aan Hiroshima omstreden - NRC

• Japan unveils Tokyo 2020 Olympic logos - BBC News

• Alice in Japan - Fukuoka, Japan | Columbus Travel

• Committee chooses design A as official logo for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games | The Japan Times

• Japan's new business language - English, Opinion News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

• 'Cool Japan' needs to listen to its target market | The Japan Times

• Public housing offers trickle in from around Japan | The Japan Times

• Guesthouses are proliferating in Japan's countryside, but at what cost? | The Japan Times

• LDP-backed candidate Wada wins seat in Hokkaido by-election | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• Fear over eating disorder care in Japan - BBC News

• Japan's Abe orders extra budget for earthquake reconstruction

• Tokyo Midtown – Tokio, Japan | Columbus Travel

• Japan: Plus sized fashion models fight trend to be skinny - BBC News

• Practical guide to pitfalls of part-time work goes viral in Japan - FT.com

• Why deflation is a boon for Japan's young people | The Japan Times

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