Japan News Articles March 16 - 22

• BBC Radio 5 live - In Short, Burger-scented cologne is ‘pretty brilliant’

• Police who stand with big sticks | The Japan Times

• Abe Cabinet still has difficulty defining 'colonial rule' and 'aggression' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ce racisme ordinaire qui h

• Security blanket: Should Japan beef up its anti-terrorism measures? | The Japan Times

• Ministers agree on leaders' summit | The Japan Times

• Pope pays tribute to Japan's 'hidden' Christians, rediscovered 150 years ago | The Japan Times

• The wanderer, writer and suspected spy who embraced Japan | The Japan Times

• US, Japan Mark 70 Years Since Battle of Iwo Jima

• Celebrating 50 years of antipathy, recriminations | The Japan Times

• BBC News - China, Japan and South Korea hold renewed talks

• Abe to be first Japan PM to address joint session of US Congress | Daily Mail Online

• Kanazawa, the Japanese City Time Almost Forgot - WSJ

• Bij gebrek aan (schoon)zoon runt de dochter dit oude Japanse familiehotel - nrc.nl

• China media: Japan ties - BBC News

• Japan herdenkt gifgas-aanslag op metro | NOS

• O no! Michelle Obama stumbles as she greets Japanese emperor - NY Daily News

• Dogs by the hour: Japan offers pet rental service - Yahoo News

• Japan remembers subway gas attack, 20 years on | News | DW.DE | 20.03.2015

• Photos: Michelle Obama in Japan - WSJ

• Why some critics think Japan’s Miss Universe contestant isn’t Japanese enough - The Washington Post

• Japan court denies injunction against MOX nuclear fuel use

• Few Japanese models strut Tokyo's catwalks | The Japan Times

• Coalition takes major step toward loosening SDF rules | The Japan Times

• Relations cool: German Chancellor Merkel's three errors in Japan- Nikkei Asian Review

• Reactorvat Fukushima zo lek als een mandje - De Standaard Mobile

• Same-sex unions in Japan: Summer of love | The Economist

• On 20th anniversary of Tokyo sarin attack, widow urges Japan to never forget - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese Police Arrest Suspect in US Embassy Bomb Threats - ABC News

• US 1st Lady Gets Taste of Japan's Ancient Culture in Kyoto - NYTimes.com

• Abe uses JFK speech to promote Asia ties, encourage dreamers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Arrests Suspect in Phone Threats to U.S. Installations - NBC News.com

• Politicizing personal beliefs will invite distrust of Japan | The Japan Times

• Michelle Obama, Akie Abe pledge bilateral effort for girls' education | The Japan Times

• China and Japan hold first security talks in four years - BBC News

• Can Japan Prove Its Cool Factor to the Rest of the World? — Atlantic Mobile

• Stalking cases in Japan hit record high for third year in a row | The Japan Times

• Japan, China hold first security talks in four years | The Japan Times

• Tepco confirms nearly all fuel melted, sank into vessel, in Fukushima No. 1 unit | The Japan Times

• Three Japanese women killed in Tunisia museum attack | The Japan Times

• Taxpayers shouldn't fund war on Asahi Shimbun | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Recovery Is Complicated by a Decline in Household Savings - NYTimes.com

• US 1st lady visits Japan to showcase girls' education aid - Yahoo News

• Shisaku: A Forbidden Phrase Resurfaces

• Japan wage hikes: Are they enough?

• Japan Confirms Deaths of 3 Nationals in Tunisia Attack - ABC News

• Japanese tsunami debris will continue to wash up on US shores, expert says | World news | The Guardian

• SDF to get right to supply ammo, jet fuel to U.S. military virtually anywhere - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Toyota's measly wage increase won't help turn Japan around | The Japan Times

• Japanese scholars criticize U.S. history textbook | The Japan Times

• US envoy Caroline Kennedy receives death threats in Japan - BBC News

• Japan needs to overhaul structure to compete, says Jones

• Michelle Obama Arrives In Japan In Jet-Setting Kenzo Dress

• Japan Investigates Death Threats to Caroline Kennedy | TIME

• Michelle Obama arrives in Japan to make amends for snubbing country last year | Daily Mail Online

• Okinawa gets happy ending with landing of 2nd Universal Studios theme park - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Le Japon chamboulé par sa première miss métisse - Libération

• Big Japan firms plan bigger pay hikes but smaller firms expected to lag

• Important development in the immigration procedure for Japanese citizens - Meijburg & Co

• The Economist explains: Why the Japanese are no longer on top in sumo wrestling | The Economist

• Is Japan’s Militarization Normal? | The Diplomat

• Toyota joins Japan peers in agreeing to higher base-pay raises

• In Abe's Japan, everyone (hopefully) gets a raise March 17

• 11 of the weirdest bars In Japan - Geek

• Japan's blackface problem: the country's bizarre, troubled relationship with race - Vox

• Japan ex-ruling party chief urges Abe to erase doubts over war history

• Picketty's impact on Japan | The Japan Times

• Operators to scrap three old reactors in Fukui | The Japan Times

• Japan will struggle to slay deflation warns Bank governor - Telegraph

• Operators to scrap three old reactors in Fukui | The Japan Times

• Japan Inc wage hikes not enough to meet higher cost of living: Reuters poll

• Who will look after Japan's elderly? - BBC News

• Riken won't sue Obokata over STAP cell scandal | The Japan Times

• Future of Japan's Gambling Legislation To Be Decided in April | PokerNews

• South Korea, Japan, China to meet on three-way cooperation

• Bank of Japan maintains aggressive stimulus, but cuts inflation outlook

• What Can Japan Really Learn From Germany? | The Diplomat

• First Lady Michelle Obama’s Japan Itinerary to Include Visit to Kyoto - WSJ

• Upcoming Apple Watch shop at Tokyo's Isetan department store could be permanent display

• Abe pushes for Japan to become permanent member of UNSC | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Accounting Problem by Adair Turner - Project Syndicate

• Japanners eten Belgische groenten tijdens Foodex

• Japan-China Maritime Crisis Management Talks Are On the Horizon | The Diplomat

• Didier Leroy, nouveau vice-président de Toyota, a dû défendre... ses vacances face aux Japonais - France 3 Nord Pas-de-Calais

• Time stands still in Japan's village of scarecrows | Reuters

• Floating fortress Musashi, symbol of Japan's naval ambitions, now a war grave | The Japan Times

• Japanese woman 'strangles husband' over missing gift - East Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

• Slogan writer wants pro-nuclear signboards kept to highlight human stupidity - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan, China eye May talks on maritime crisis management mechanism | The Japan Times

• Japan's 'comfort women' battle spills into the US - Al Jazeera English

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