Japan News Articles. July 5 - 12

• Japan is not Germany

• The foodie traveller … tries frozen sashimi in Japan | Travel | The Guardian

• Abe weighs early September China visit, but would miss Beijing's WWII ceremony | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Closed-Door Refugee Policy | Nippon.com

• A Eulogy for the Long, Intimate Email - The New York Times

• Gloves off | The Economist

• 144 local, prefectural governments release statements condemning security bills | The Japan Times

• How a Japanese Chemist Sparked a Whiskey Empire | Flashback | OZY

• Poll: Japanese Women Don’t Want to Lead | The Diplomat

• Kengo Kuma, SANAA and Nikken Design New Shibuya Skyscraper | ArchDaily

• Mount Fuji gets free Wi-Fi in bid to draw more visitors | The Japan Times

• Japan firms face hurdles as 'service' culture taken overseas | The Japan Times

• INSIGHT: Japanese-Brazilians disillusioned with land of ancestors - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Todd Snyder, a Designer Raised in Iowa, Is Big in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Poll: 37.6% of single young Japanese don’t want romantic partners - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• LDP, DPJ take to Internet to mount security bill-related campaigns of persuasion | The Japan Times

• Kyoto gekozen tot beste stad om te bezoeken | Japan

• Widow of former Japanese soldier publishes his hidden wartime diary - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s long road to gender progress - The Washington Post

• Caroline Kennedy helped secure Toyota exec's release in Japan drug case

• New Olympic stadium dilemma: where to find ¥252 billion | The Japan Times

• Salarymen sidelined as Chinese descend on Japan property market | The Japan Times

• Abenomics is Dying | SNA Japan

• Changes behind the wheel for Tokyo's taxi industry | The Japan Times

• American Toyota Exec Released From Custody in Japan - ABC News

• USA challenges Japan to a giant robot battle - BBC News

• 'Onsen' at center of sex acts controversy to reopen Aug. 1 | The Japan Times

• Fuel is loaded into Kagoshima reactor as first restart nears | The Japan Times

• Waarom is Japan zo veilig? 5 redenen

• Japan's Abe faces growing risk on security shift: opposition leader

• Heritage Title for Japan Industry Sites Draws Mixed Reaction - ABC News

• Report: Toyota executive arrested in Japan to be released

• How Japan’s shortcomings can trigger its next burst of innovation - The Washington Post

• Gyroscope-powered rides to get street-legal status | The Japan Times

• Evacuation of Fukushima town of Naraha to be lifted Sept. 5 | The Japan Times

• Government downplays forced labor concession in winning UNESCO listing for industrial sites | The Japan Times

• Women's World Cup: Japan reacts with sadness and pride - BBC News

• The U.S. overwhelms Japan in incredible World Cup final win | For The Win

• Cherry Blossoms, Hot Springs, and Blue Movies: Chinese Tourism and Japan’s Image Gap | Nippon.com

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