Japan News Articles March 30 - April 5

• Survivor of '05 Amagasaki derailment writes book on ordeal | The Japan Times

• All together now as Japanese start careers - Times LIVE

• Japan's wary manufacturers resist Abe's urge to splurge

• Okinawa: In the crosshairs of war | The Japan Times

• NHK beats commercial TV stations to simulcast punch | The Japan Times

• New Kyushu museum breaks taboo with POW vivisection display | The Japan Times

• Magazines fixate on the roots of poverty | The Japan Times

• Learning valuable lessons from the yakuza? | The Japan Times

• Japan's public housing system has a shelf life | The Japan Times

• His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet arrives in Japan for 13-day visit

• TV show behind rediscovery of Japan’s charms - The Japan News

• Oversight for secrets too weak | The Japan Times

• Anchoring last hopes on Abe, families of abductees vexed at lack of progress - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Retired Japanese Fighter Pilot Sees an Old Danger on the Horizon - NYTimes.com

• Top tip for saving money in Japan: visit the supermarket just before closing time | RocketNews24

• Princess Cruises Unveils 2016 Japan Cruise Program | TravelPulse

• Photos: Jumping Japanese businessmen show their daughters how to defy stereotypes – Quartz

• Keep a close eye on Abe's words | The Japan Times

• Welcome to Japan macro advisors :: Female new grads more in demand than male

• Should We Pity the Poor Western Man ‘Trapped’ in Japan? · Global Voices

• Multiracial Miss Universe Japan hopes to change homeland's thinking on identity | The Japan Times

• Nissan pledges self-driving cars in Japan in 2016

• Japan's ruling party wants 20 percent nuclear power in energy mix: media

• Who is Japan's richest billionaire? | ABS-CBN News

• Japan's reliance on atomic power may top 20% in 2030 | The Japan Times

• 60% of Japanese cut spending after tax hike: BOJ survey | The Japan Times

• Japan's Defense Minister Swears There's No Alien Threat

• Multiracial Miss Japan hopes to change homeland's thinking on identity | Reuters

• Clean-up crew on hand to spruce up Japan's 'lonely death' apartments | Reuters

• Battle over Shibuya park heats up as Tokyo Olympics loom | The Japan Times

• World's oldest person Misao Okawa dies in Japan - BBC News

• New plan aims to halve Tokyo quake deaths, damage | The Japan Times

• Japan on Brink of Another GDP Contraction - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Full lunar eclipse visible on Saturday - The Japan News

• ABC NewsRadio - Japan In Focus: Opposition to new US military base intensifies, Japan's Miss Universe race debate, Tokyo mosque visitations double 30/03/2015

• IN BEELD. De dood in al zijn eenzaamheid - De Standaard

• Au Japon, sexe, rides et cinéma porno, un marché en plein boom - Le Parisien

• Japan’s working poor: Struggling | The Economist

• Tokyo's Shibuya ward is first in Japan to recognise same-sex marriage | World news | The Guardian

• Kersenbloesems in bloei in Japan - HLN.be

• Japan extends North Korea sanctions amid stalled abduction probe - BBC News

• Japan Faces 200-Year Wait for Fukushima Clean-Up — Technology to Decommission Melted-Down Reactors Does Not Exist | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

• Japan extends sanctions on North Korea by two years

• Entrepreneurs in Japan need support to grow and prosper - BBC News

• After gaffe, Abe says he will no longer refer to SDF as 'our military' | The Japan Times

• Ex-bureaucrat blasts Abe on news program | The Japan Times

• Japan's Honda Motors unveils a new sports car | Video | Reuters.com

• Is the party over for Japan's cherry blossoms? - Telegraph

• World watches Japan and waits for outcome of Abenomics experiment - FT.com

• 54.6% want Abe to say sorry in war speech and half oppose SDF bills: poll | The Japan Times

• Hirohito, best-known Japanese in West, overshadowed by Abe in Asia: survey | The Japan Times

• Japan whaling ships return home from Antarctic with no catch | Daily Mail Online

• Abe explains why he described SDF as 'our military' | The Japan Times

• Disappointing levels of English | The Japan Times

• Gloves come off over Futenma base move | The Japan Times

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