Japan News Articles October 20 - 26

• Abe downsized, comfort women reprised | The Japan Times

• Video: Japan approves law to allow dancing past midnight - Telegraph

• Japanese man becomes first person to be jailed for making gun with 3D printer - Telegraph

• Blondes have more fun in NHK's morning drama | The Japan Times

• Senior Japan official calls for Abe to delay sales-tax hike

• Spooky tales from beyond the grave | The Japan Times

• Down and out in upscale Japan - Al Jazeera English

• The foodie traveller … Japan goes gooey for proper pizza | Travel | The Guardian

• Kimono's evolution reflects changing Japan - DailyHerald.com

• In Japan, Fukushima residents are frustrated but resigned - The Washington Post

• The Wrong Way to Revive Japan - Bloomberg View

• Minister Japan declareert SM-bezoek | Spitsnieuws.nl

• Tokyo's Soft Power Problem - NYTimes.com

• Former Japan PM Fukuda to meet China's Xi next week: source

• Japan blighted by zombie housing - FT.com

• 'Clever' Japan firm donates high-tech masks for Ebola fight - Yahoo News

• Japan's party animals closer to dancing the night away

• Japanese carmakers: Lots of oomph | The Economist

• Western media distorts Japan | The Japan Times

• 'No change' in atomic restart policy, says new industry minister | The Japan Times

• 3/11 charges for Tepco execs delayed by three months | The Japan Times

• Cabinet OKs bill to allow all-night dance clubs, subject to lighting levels | The Japan Times

• The Coca-Colonization of Japan by Ian Buruma | The Gallery | The New York Review of Books

• Il y a une chance sur 100 pour que le Japon soit d

• ‘Whip it!’ Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Cabinet Of Horrors - The Daily Beast

• Colossal volcanic eruption could destroy Japan: study - Yahoo News

• Major Volcanic Eruption Could Make Japan ‘Extinct,’ Study Warns - WSJ

• Train seats designed to end annoyance of outstretched legs - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Media slam Japan over 'comfort women' denial - BBC News

• IMF urges Japan to go ahead with planned tax hike next year

• Support group of Japan's new trade minister spent funds at S&M bar

• Study: 1% chance of catastrophic eruption striking Japan in 100 years - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's new airliner: Money spinner or money burner? | The Economist

• Mount Fuji hiking fees to be spent partly on safety and conservation projects, prefecture says | The Japan Times

• Prosecutors set to decide whether to indict Tepco execs over nuclear disaster | The Japan Times

• How Japan’s Culture of Apologies Is Teaching Me to Stop Saying ‘I’m Sorry’ All the Time | TIME

• Japan's Chrysanthemums: More Than Symbol of Autumn - ABC News

• Japan's export growth fails to narrow trade deficit - BBC News

• Japan in the 1950s - In Focus - The Atlantic

• Japan exports rebound, but economy still not out of woods

• Why ‘womenomics’ is the way forward for Japan | East Asia Forum

• Japan to send officials to North Korea for update on abductee investigation

• Japanse rijkaard ziet vermogen hardst groeien - Beursduivel.nl

• How Japan Makes Winter Food Very, Very Cute

• Japanese ‘hate speech’ debate abandoned as insults fly | World news | The Guardian

• Lawmakers in Japan's tsunami-hit region eye casino to hasten recovery

• The Future of Japanese Energy | The Diplomat

• Abe's 'womenomics' is little more than skin deep | The Japan Times

• Japan orders travelers from Ebola nations to report twice daily | The Japan Times

• Hate Speech Debate Gets Ugly, Fast - WSJ

• Spinnenplaag Japan door verwarmde toiletbrillen | Spitsnieuws.nl

• How an Aesop’s Fable Became a Symbol of Japan’s New Activism - Bloomberg

• Bicultural Japanese baby names can be double the trouble | The Japan Times

• Abe's damage control may have been in time to ward off further woes | The Japan Times

• Two of Abe's female ministers resign over separate scandals | The Japan Times

• Abe names successors to Obuchi, Matsushima - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Justice Minister Undone by Cheap Paper Fan - ABC News

• 3D-printed gun maker draws jail term in Japan | PCWorld

• Slowing the Population Drain From Japan’s Regions | Nippon.com

• Abe balances tax rise against economic damage

• First joint drill held for Mt. Fuji volcanic eruption - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Setback for Japan PM as trade minister quits, media say another to resign

• Japan firms want government action if yen weakens: Reuters poll

• Sendai reactors vulnerable to eruptions, state-picked volcanologist warns | The Japan Times

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