Mt. Fuji - Sept 30

4:05pm

After the Meeting

Pictures Post-meeting


19 pictures

Selected Japan News Articles Sept 23 - Sept 29

• Google Maps naming policy prompts Japan to request home page bans | The Japan Times

• Saying goodbye to Fido the right way - The Japan News

• Chinese foreign minister takes softer approach to Japan in U.N. speech - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Twitter launches alert service for Japan - The Japan News

• Japan leader gambles on sales tax hike - The Times of India on Mobile

• JOHCM’s Japan stars: why Abenomics' third arrow is irrelevant | Citywire

• Chinese ships still circling Senkakus but door to dialogue open, Abe says | The Japan Times

• Japan, China, S. Korea name Yokohama, Quanzhou, Gwangju culture cities | GlobalPost

• Google Maps naming policy prompts Japan to request home page bans | The Japan Times

• INTERVIEW: For Chinese, Murakami is a window on the world - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Beer Times » Craft Beer in Japan

• Japan dreigt overspoeld te worden door schuldentsunami - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Tepco ontsmet radioactief water in Fukushima

• Is Japan's `Abenomics' Working?: Video - Bloomberg

• Japan's Abe: No Concessions, but No Escalation in Islet Spat With China

• Dutch banker turned writer finds a home and inspiration in Japan | The Japan Times

• Olympus reaches first shareholder settlement over accounting scandal | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan ex-rail chiefs cleared of fatal 2005 crash

• BBC News - China media: Japan's defence budget

• Mizuho Bank's loans show yakuza element persists in financial world - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Fukushima Generation: New Data on Birth Defects in Post-Meltdown Japan - The Daily Beast

• NRC response to Fukushima: A mistake turned public opinion against Japan.

• High levels of radiation discovered in new well at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INSIGHT: Hayao Miyazaki to retire, his real reason for leaving anime - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese inventor awarded damages for Apple iPod 'Click Wheel' patent infringement - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan: Is it true that some native Japanese feel uncomfortable when they find out another Japanese speaks English with an American accent? - Quora

• Japanese-Brazilians: Straddling Two Cultures - NYTimes.com

• Former IT professional embraces career as Shinto priest - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Radioactive cesium levels drop in Fukushima fish, but strontium remains a mystery - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan, France to pair on scrapping Fukushima plant - MarketWatch

• Gigantische opblaasbare concerthal naar getroffen gebied Japan - Buitenland - TROUW

• Japanese poll: 1 in 3 desperate to be housewives | GlobalPost

• Ex-top U.S. nuclear regulator counsels end to atomic power | The Japan Times

• Japanese dating simulators are all the rage | The Border Mail

• Ex-U.S. nuke regulator: Japan slow on Fukushima leak - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• U.S. Senkakus vow shows tougher stance - The Japan News

• Japan's First Lady Defends South Korea Ties on Facebook - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Kans is heel klein dat Abenomics kans op slagen maakt - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• After Japan's 'multifaceted disaster,' professor sees sobering present, dismaying future | Journal and Courier | jconline.com

• Humankind’s Most Dangerous Moment: Fukushima Fuel Pool at Unit 4. “This is an Issue of Human Survival.” | Global Research

• More than 1,000 rally against discrimination, hate speech in Tokyo - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Street signs to become more foreigner-friendly - The Japan News

• Japan porn dealers arrested after catalogues sent to police: Report - The Times of India on Mobile

• The gaijin gamer’s guide to Akihabara, Japan’s “Electric Town” | Ars Technica

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

The 3 Beers from Bay Brewing Yokohama

Bay Pilsner, Bay Weiss, Bay Dark Lager

My House from Ooyama

Looking at the pictures I took this week at the summit of Ooyama (1252m) of the immensely densely populated Kanto-plain, I was amazed being able to find my own little house in the sea of buildings.

Climbing Ooyama

Climbing 大山 (Ooyama) from Yabitsu Pass


32 photos

Sunset

Mt. Fuji from the roof

Around 4:45pm (Sept 23)

The Moon

Sept 20 8:36pm

Cycling

Trip: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/378357855

Japan News Articles 16 Sept - 22 Sept

• Dark shadow of fukushima over japan

• A Japanese word-processing primer for beginners | The Japan Times

• Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Survey asks foreigners which items' design they find most different from home countries ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Same-Sex Marriage in Japan: A Long Way Away? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• For Japan’s Abe, Tax Hike to 10% Is Higher Hurdle - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Will Japan's elderly get burned by 'Abenomics'? - CNBC

• Japan's first lady helps promote Japan-S. Korean exchanges - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• After the bid, critics sound off on Olympics | The Japan Times

• Tons of cesium-tainted wood chips found near Japan's biggest lake | The Japan Times

• 'Shut up!' U.N. rights envoy quits over tirade in Geneva | The Japan Times

• Abe's government to put collective self-defense on back burner until spring | The Japan Times

• Hospitals may be forced to hand cancer patient information to state | The Japan Times

• LDP bigwig pushes Tepco split to speed up Fukushima No. 1 decommissioning | The Japan Times

• Why Japan hates the Xbox – Reader’s Feature | Metro News

• Fujiwara breaks TV taboo, slams secrets bill | The Japan Times

• Chicago Tribune - Japan firms resist Abe's calls to raise wages: Reuters poll

• Japan's stagnation 'men's fault' - Winnipeg Free Press

• Ministry wants nuke waste to be retrievable | The Japan Times

• The bittersweet taste of Japanese words | The Japan Times

• Narita to retire inter-terminal buses, use walkways | The Japan Times

• Japan's Murakami favourite for Nobel prize once again - Channel NewsAsia

• People working at, living near Fukushima plant say Abe is in the dark - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fukushima operator 'sorry' for Japan PM name gaffe - Latest - New Straits Times

• Status of Fukushima nuclear plant | GlobalPost

• Japon: le point sur la situation à la centrale de Fukushima - DH.be

• Same-Sex Marriage in Japan: A Long Way Away? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Terug naar Japan: dagboek | Radio1

• INSIGHT: Abe takes political risk by stressing government in charge of Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan - Fukushima’s Surviving Reactors Ordered Shut - NYTimes.com

• Abe mum on plan for contaminated water crisis | The Japan Times

• Mr. Nintendo op 85-jarige leeftijd overleden - Tech & Media - VK

• Japan PM Abe at Fukushima in PR push | GlobalPost

• Japan leader takes firsthand look at Fukushima nuke plant, says he wants it entirely scrapped - The Washington Post

• Japan PM Abe calls for two-step corporate tax reduction: Nikkei | Reuters

• Japan's Abe orders surviving Fukushima reactors scrapped, pledges safe Olympics | Reuters

• Japanner weer dakloos door Spelen - NOS Nieuws

• Mr. Abe's ominous defense moves | The Japan Times

• Vacant homes highlight hole in 'Abenomics' | The Japan Times

• Tokyo Olympic athletes risk blistering temperatures | The Japan Times

• Tepco ditched soil-freezing solution in '11 | The Japan Times

• Liefde voor J-Pop leidt tot rondreis door Japan | De Sleutel | dé Weekkrant

• Eat Pray Love: Japanese man finds Buddha in snacks | Reuters

• Dagboek: eerste dag Tokio | Radio1

• How the Japanese learnt to live with deflation, and enjoy it | smh.com.au

• Sleeping beauties: In Japan, moms transform naps into art | lehighvalleylive.com

• Cleanup in Japan gets under way after deadly storm | The Japan Times

• Kindergarten told to pay for tsunami deaths | The Japan Times

• Vacant Japan Homes Show Holes in Abe’s Push for Housing Growth - Businessweek

• A Way of Life Moves With a Market - NYTimes.com

• Eiji Toyoda, Japan Auto Industry Visionary, Dies At 100 - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Photos: Powerful Typhoon Hits Japan's Main Island - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Fukushima and the right to responsible government | The Japan Times

• Lack of liberal arts education is sapping Japan's creativity | The Japan Times

• Despite safety worries, nuclear power isn't going away | The Japan Times

• Analysis: Japan faces record-long trade deficit, little sign can reverse trend

• Japanese tofu prices are going up 20% because of Abenomics – Quartz

• UPI

• INTERVIEW/ Carol Gluck: Change in Japan is a long-distance run - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tepco discharges tainted rainwater from storage tank areas | The Japan Times

• Japanese change their sheets the least in the world – global sleep survey - Tokyo Times

• Fukushima Watch: Tepco Drains Water During Typhoon - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan tells 300,000 households to evacuate as typhoon hits

• NOS.nl

• Typhoon kills one, forces thousands to evacuate - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Powerful typhoon lashes Japan, thousands evacuate - Weather - Boston.com

• Krachtige tyfoon bedreigt Japan, waaronder Fukushima - De aarde - De Morgen

• Nadeshiko — adorable till they die | The Japan Times

• Abe's 2020 vision challenged | The Japan Times

• Japanse vrouwen naar de hoeren - Grenzeloos | WTF.nl

• Japan's uncertain nuclear future - Australia Network News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• ANIME NEWS: Disney to distribute Hayao Miyazaki's 'Kaze Tachinu' in U.S. - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Typhoon hits Japan - fears for Fukushima plant | NZ Herald

• BBC News - Japan halts last nuclear reactor at Ohi

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Hayama, Zushi

iphone4 photos

Autumn is coming

Wonderful skies after typhoon nr.18. The hot summer seems finally over! And Mt.Fuji visible again

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Bay Brewing

The beers of Bay Brewing Yokohama:

Japan News Articles 9 Sept - 15 Sept

• Deregulation zone eyed for Tokyo Games - The Japan News

• ANALYSIS: Future of nuclear energy still clouded even as all reactors go offline - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan to boost surveys off Fukushima: report | Fox News

• Japan to switch off nuclear power - The Globe and Mail

• Rescuing gadgets from the golden age of 'Made in Japan' | The Japan Times

• Japanese media declare 'dark times' are on us | The Japan Times

• Japan must ready to release Fukushima water into sea | Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, North Dakota

• BBC News - Medway Will Adams festival marks 400 years of Japan trade

• Tattooed Maori barred by bath in Hokkaido | The Japan Times

• Japan Reassures Public after Official Says Fukushima 'Not Under Control'

• Fukushima clean-up complicated, warns US expert - The Hindu: Mobile Edition

• Will the bedroom or boardroom save Japan? (Washington Post)

• TEPCO official denies Abe’s claim that nuclear crisis is 'under control' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Steam seen at Fukushima reactors: TEPCO | Fox News

• Casinos in Asia (2): Place your bets | The Economist

• Fukushima Watch: Japan Protests French Cartoon - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Fukushima : de la vapeur est réapparue au-dessus du réacteur 3 - RTL.fr

• Tritium levels reach new high at wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant | Reuters

• Metro police stage counterterrorism drill for Olympics | The Japan Times

• Tanks, not leak, main problem at Fukushima | The Japan Times

• Abe to raise sales tax to 8% as scheduled | The Japan Times

• Death-row inmate, 73, sixth executed under Abe Cabinet | The Japan Times

• Turk charged with murder, rape of Japanese tourist | The Japan Times

• Japanse regering kan niet lachen met Fukushima-cartoons (deredactie.be)

• Average period between finalizing a death sentence and execution gets shorter - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan voices anger over French cartoons that use Fukushima disaster to mock Olympics decision - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Japan boos om Fukushima-cartoon - NOS Nieuws

• Japan upset by French cartoon linking Fukushima to Olympics - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan hangs murder convict; 6th execution of year - Asia news - Boston.com

• DoCoMo to market iPhone to win back Softbank clients | The Japan Times

• Strange bedfellows: LDP, DPJ politicians tie the knot | The Japan Times

• Japan on high alert year after Senkaku nationalization | The Japan Times

• Fukushima evacuation has killed more than earthquake and tsunami, survey says

• Abe’s allegation about radioactive water stuns even Japan donga.com[English donga]

• MOUNT FUJI, Japan: AP PHOTOS: Mt. Fuji's Heritage status worries some | World | The Island Packet

• BBC News - Japan says 'no dispute' exists on islands anniversary

• Zita Nog steeds 2500 vermisten na Japanse tsunami in 2011 Nieuws Buitenland

• Japan Boosts Security Near Isles in China Dispute - ABC News

• DoCoMo iPhone Deals Another Blow to Japanese Phone Makers - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• One Year Later: Japan-China Island Chill Remains - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• 2 top lobbyists helped bring Olympics to Tokyo－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)

• Abe hoping to prove to the world that Japan truly is back | The Japan Times

• Is sumo’s lost decade finally coming to an end? | The Japan Times

• Now Japan must deliver | The Japan Times

• The biggest Olympic beneficiaries? Tokyo Bay developers | The Japan Times

• Water highly irradiated near leaky tank | The Japan Times

• Water highly irradiated near leaky tank | The Japan Times

• Japan mikt op dertig gouden medailles - Londen 2012 - De Morgen

• Japan Scrambles Jets for Drone Near Disputed Islands | Defense News | defensenews.com

• Japanese tourist stabbed to death in Turkey, friend wounded

• China warns Japan against stationing workers on disputed isles - News - KFGO The Mighty 790AM - Fargo Moorhead, ND

• Abe's claims to have Fukushima under control criticized ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan Open to Placing Officials on Disputed Islands - NYTimes.com

• Tokyo to deliver ultimate compact Games - The Japan News

• Japan PM Abe moves toward tax hike, orders economic stimulus - Yahoo! News

• Istanbul's ballots may have helped Tokyo win - The Japan News

• Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for September 6th to September 9th, 2013 | Greenpeace International

• Japan Grapples with the Rise of Hate Groups (real)

• Fukushima victims angered at decision not to prosecute officials - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fukushima Watch: Tokyo Olympics Victory More Grief for Fukushima? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Filmmaker revisits the children of Fukushima's 'Grey Zone' | The Japan Times

• Isle row quashes Olympic congrats from China | The Japan Times

• Games nod pressures Tokyo to act | The Japan Times

• Analysis & Opinion | Reuters

• Tokyo Governor's Olympic Triumph Amid Personal Tragedy - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Record Tourism to Japan Helps Drive Demand for Cash - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Tokyo Reaches for 1964 Olympic Magic - Bloomberg

• Kan, Tepco execs avoid charges over nuclear disaster | The Japan Times

• EDITORIAL: Abe needs to deliver on his nuclear safety promises to the world - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Gaan de bezoekers van Tokyo 2020 de weg vinden? | Radio1

• PROFILE - 2020 Summer Olympic host city Tokyo | Reuters

• If you're jōzu and you know it, hold your ground | The Japan Times

• Make Japan Chaste and Continent, But Not Yet - NYTimes.com

• Olympics/ China declines to congratulate Japan on winning bid - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The End of Japan’s Nuclear Power Mirage? Tokyo’s Green Olympics in 2020 :: JapanFocus

• Tip: 'Beleg in Japan' - Nieuws | Altijd op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws met Telegraaf.nl [DFT Beursflits]

• TABLE-Japanese firms likely to benefit from Tokyo Olympics | Reuters

• In Fukushima, the kids aren’t all right, says documentary A2-B-C (Sept.14th) : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Prosecutors decide not to indict anyone related to Fukushima nuclear accident - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Dialects go mainstream - The Japan News

• 'Olympic' Buying Gives Japanese Hardware Store Chain Hot Start - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• De PlayStation 4 verschijnt in Japan op 22 februari 2014 | PSX-SensePSX-Sense

• Inose slams Fukushima coverage | The Japan Times

• Sony Says PS4 Japan Debut Not Until 2014 - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan anticipates Olympic boost, but Fukushima shadows linger | Reuters

• Building on experience, Tokyo's bid went according to plan | The Japan Times

• Mixed feelings in Japan following successful Olympic bid - Firstpost

• Erica Terpstra: Fukushima gevaar voor Tokio - Nieuws | Altijd op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws met Telegraaf.nl [Feed]

• Views from Japan / Emperor a symbol in changing times - The Japan News

• Tokyo's Olympic Edge: Fair Hotel Rates That Put Rip-Off Cities Like New York And Boston To Shame - Forbes

• Fukushima Watch: A New Groundwater Problem - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• For Some in Japan, Olympics Is a Redemption of National Pride - WSJ.com

• 'Skilled foreigner' invite too rigid a bar

• Japan celebrates 2020 Olympics bid win – but is it safe and ready? - Asia - World - The Independent

Daily Japan News Articles links are here.

Eckhart Tolle My wife snores

Question by 'Awake but only at night'

The Moon

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Sunset - Sept 12

Little bicycle tour in MM21

Japan Grapples with the Rise of Hate Groups

"At present, Japan is the only major developed nation in which discrimination is not illegal" (the realnews.com)