Japan News Articles April 13 - 19

• Japan’s Creative, Ephemeral Homes - WSJ

• Summons of Japanese media raises complaints of interference - Yahoo News

• History problems cast a shadow over Abe's Japan | The Japan Times

• Mastering the art of partaking in a tea ceremony | The Japan Times

• McDonald’s Japan faces largest deficit ever, closing 190 stores and retiring 100 HQ staff | RocketNews24

• Japan declines China's offer of a top position in AIIB｜WantChinaTimes.com

• Summons of Japanese Media Raises Complaints of Interference - NYTimes.com

• Japan population falls to 15-year low - Yahoo News

• Japan must apologise for WWII until it is forgiven: Murakami - Yahoo News

• Can Japan's climate policy get back on track after Fukushima? | Environment | The Guardian

• Bloomberg View: Toyota is leaving Japan in its dust

• Japan’s rural regions: Hometown dues | The Economist

• Japan: TV Executives Are Questioned - NYTimes.com

• Summons Of Japanese Media Fuels Complaints Over Press Freedom

• Japan’s Maglev Train Hits World Record 590 Kilometers Per Hour - WSJ

• Expat champions tastes, roots of rural Japan | The Japan Times

• South Korea and Japan: Tentative two-step | The Economist

• LDP panel summons media bosses over news programs ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• The Untold Story of the Vengeful Japanese Attack After the Doolittle Raid | History | Smithsonian

• Vagina artist on trial for obscenity criticises Japan's 'backwards' attitude to women's sexual expression - News - Art - The Independent

• The Fight to Save Sake: Does Japan’s Most Famous Drink Have a Future? - The Daily Beast

• History in East Asia: Hearts and minds | The Economist

• Universities Struggle to Cope with Shrinking Population and Globalization | Nippon.com

• Japanse vaginakunstenares voor rechter: weg met vaginataboe | Buitenland | de Volkskrant

• Japan ruling party panel summons media bosses over news shows

• Japan's huge debt pile just got scarier - Telegraph

• Japan’s Prisons Are Turning Into Nursing Homes - Bloomberg Business

• Japan scrambling fighter planes as often as during Cold War era - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan needs geopolitical skills | The Japan Times

• Could one judge kill off Japan's nuclear industry?

• Japan Skirts Immigration Debate by Offering ‘Internships’ to Foreigners - WSJ

• 27 gewonden na mislukte landing:

• Het Japanse leger wordt belachelijk schattig | VICE | Netherlands

• Japan's prickly revisionists | The Japan Times

• Japan's CO2 emissions hit second-highest on record | Reuters

• Yen’s Drop Is Approaching Its Limit, Says Abe Adviser Hamada - Bloomberg Business

• Pourquoi le Japon s'obstine-t-il à chasser la baleine ? - Libération

• Japan court bars restart of Takahama nuclear reactors - BBC News

• Japan's post-Fukushima nuclear restart plans dealt a blow by court ruling | World news | The Guardian

• Japan court halts restart of two reactors in blow to nuclear sector - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Japanese Military Is Getting Offensively Cute | VICE News

• Abe camp's push for white-collar merit pay seen as no-overtime wages ploy | The Japan Times

• 'Border tourism' aims at exploring rich history of Japan's border areas - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese woman slashes husband's face over toilet stink | The Japan Times

• Walvisvaartcommissie stelt Japanse

• Fukushima: Robot 'dies' 3 hours after entering Japan's radioactive reactor

• Japan hopes to resume whale hunt this year, despite opposition by expert panel

• Election results spotlight apathy, weak opposition | The Japan Times

• Radiation measured at deadly 9.7 sieverts in Fukushima reactor | The Japan Times

• Japan eases resident status requirements for foreigners who manage firms | The Japan Times

• Tepco to Abandon Robot Inside Fukushima Reactor - WSJ

• Japan’s Long Wait for US Congress Invite | Nippon.com

• BOJ's Kuroda - Japan's economy recovering moderately

• No-foreigners landlord case shows Japan 'utterly unprepared' to fight discrimination: expert | The Japan Times

• Turnout for regional polls hits all-time low but female victors up | The Japan Times

• UPDATE: All 10 ruling coalition-backed incumbents re-elected in governor races - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Bridging corruption and legitimacy: amakudari | The Japan Times

• The Curious Case of Japan's Hidden Inflation - Bloomberg Business

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