Japan News Articles May 16 - May 22

• Do Japan's porn actresses and actors have labor rights? | The Japan Times

• Japanese artist's beautiful macabre tattoos - BBC News

• 'Christ's Samurai' is an account of the days when Japan went to war with Christianity | The Japan Times

• Putin says Russia will not sell isles to Japan | The Japan Times

• Obama expected to mention 'special responsibility' U.S. bears over Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings | The Japan Times

• Whither the taxi in a withering Japan? | The Japan Times

• Wrath awaits Japanese women who shun their childbearing 'destiny' | The Japan Times

• Female idol stabbed multiple times by purported fan at event in western Tokyo: police | The Japan Times

• Shikoku's 'path less traveled' is busier than ever | The Japan Times

• President Obama's Trip To Vietnam and Japan: Five Things To Watch - ABC News

• What to expect ahead of Obama’s visit to Japan | PBS NewsHour

• Japan uses G7 to shine light on often overlooked Mie Prefecture

• apologizes over murder of Okinawa woman

  apologizes over murder of Okinawa woman

• Japan's top three insurers see Kumamoto quake payout at Y19 bil

  Japan's top three insurers see Kumamoto quake payout at Y19 bil

• Japan's opposition party mocked over logo which appears to show man groping someone's rear | Daily Mail Online

• Japan Won’t Depopulate Quietly Into The Night | The Diplomat

• Japan Unveils Beautiful New Passport Design

• This New Logo for Japan’s Democratic Party Looks a Little Naughty | TIME

• OECD's chief economist urges Japan to consider alternative rollout for sales tax hike | The Japan Times

• Japan laat 150 Syriërs toe als 'uitwisselingsstudenten' - HLN.be

• Hibakusha: Obama apology nice, but priority is disarmament：The Asahi Shimbun

• Rebuilding bridges | The Economist

• Japan's Democratic Party reveals new logo to cries of plagiarism and indecency | The Japan Times

• Putin may visit in December, meet Abe in Yamaguchi | The Japan Times

• Japan’s demand for seafood declines, especially among young generation: report

  Japan’s demand for seafood declines, especially among young generation: report

• Japan's Empty Bow

• Tearful Koizumi backs U.S. vets suing over 2011 nuclear disaster：The Asahi Shimbun

• Ze komen uit Japan om pralines te leren maken bij deze Gente... - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• Brusselse Bloementapijten in Japan - Bloem en Blad | Vakblad voor de bloemendetailhandel

• Is Japan klaar voor The Big One? - NRC

• Suzuki Says Used Wrong Fuel Economy Tests in Japan

• Mitsubishi Motors President to Resign as Japan Auto Scandal Engulfs Suzuki - WSJ

• Former Prime Minister Koizumi backs U.S. sailors suing over Fukushima radiation | The Japan Times

• Japanese economy avoids recession - BBC News

• Japan PM Abe: No change to plan of raising sales tax

• The Secrets of the Lawson Copy Machine | All About Japan

• 'Many suffer but no one talks about it': the rise of eating disorders in Japan | World news | The Guardian

• Naschoolse Activiteiten In Japan – Kyoto, Japan | Columbus Travel

• Magnitude-5.5 quake rattles Tokyo; experts warn more temblors possible | The Japan Times

• G-7 summit may put Japan's depopulation woes in limelight | The Japan Times

• Tokyo 2020 Bid Leader Questioned in Japan's Parliament - ABC News

• Laat je inspireren door Japanse interieurinrichting - bouwenwonen.net

• Artist’s photos from early 1900s Japan are little windows into another world 【Photos】 | RocketNews24

• Japan's coal-fired plants 'to cause thousands of early deaths' | World news | The Guardian

• Le publicitaire Dentsu tire-t-il les ficelles des médias japonais ? | InaGlobal

• The Girl’s Guide to Decluttering and Hunting (in that order) | Japan Subculture Research Center

• Sotsukon : une alternative au divorce au Japon – Modes de vie

• In Japanese, the past tense is present where and when you least expect it | The Japan Times

• While Tokyo counts fewer homeless in daytime, advocacy group finds higher numbers at night | The Japan Times

• South Korea, Japan to join U.S. for missile-defense exercise - CNN.com

• Foreign LGBT people feel comfortable in Japan, although problems include lack of spouse visa | The Japan Times

• Night Scenes in Japan (Photos) | Nippon.com

• Why It’s Hard to Shatter Japan’s Glass Ceiling

• Strong Quake Shakes Eastern Japan; No Tsunami Danger - ABC News

• South Korea, U.S., Japan plan drills to track N. Korean missiles

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