Japan News Articles. August 3 - 9

• Rare photos taken right after Nagasaki atomic bombing to be preserved digitally - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 150-year-old images reveal what Japanese artists once thought about exotic American visitors - Quartz

• Truth hurts: censorship in the media | The Japan Times

• Draft of Abe statement does not include ‘apology’ for Japan's role in WWII - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Osaka joins Yokohama in adopting school textbooks critics say 'glorify war' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Walking holidays in Japan: the best mountain hikes to tackle | Travel | The Guardian

• Anxiety rises over Abe omitting non-nuclear principles from Hiroshima speech - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Exclusion of nonnuclear principles from Abe's Hiroshima speech causes stir | The Japan Times

• Japan Leaders at Fault for ‘Reckless’ War, Panel Tells Abe - Bloomberg Business

• Belgische ontwerper stapt naar rechter voor plagiaat logo Ol... - De Standaard

• Hiroshima - The New Yorker

• Hiroshima : le combat des « hibakusha » contre l’oubli

• Defense minister triggers uproar with comments on nuclear weapons under security legislation - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Le monde marque à Hiroshima les 70 ans de la première bombe nucléaire

• Shrine that venerates Japan's undigested militarism becomes focus for revisionist patriots who want to bring back pre-war constitution - Asia - World - The Independent

• Hiroshima atomic bomb: Survivor recalls horrors - BBC News

• Designer defends Tokyo Olympic emblem as original, denies plagiarism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Major Makeover for the University Entrance System | Nippon.com

• Is Japan's Emperor Akihito Trying To Stop Abe? - Forbes

• Tokyo Heat Likely to Set Record - WSJ

• Hiroshima atomic bombing did not lead to Japanese surrender, historians argue nearing 70th anniversary - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• In surprise move, government to suspend Nago construction for one month | The Japan Times

• Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas

• Mobile Web - News - As an American teen, Minnesota man witnessed World War II in Japan

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• ‘Olympische Spelen stalen mijn logo’ - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• Exploring Japan's military past | The Japan Times

• Getting Japan's youth engaged in disaster preparedness | The Japan Times

• Opname capitulatietoespraak Hirohito online gezet

• Bevrijdt premier Abe Japan van de spoken van WO II? - Buitenland - TROUW

• Inside Japan's 'corpse hotels' - Yahoo Maktoob News

• Will Abe face up to Japan's past? - The Nation

• Commentary: Japan's silence on U.S. spying betrays masochistic diplomacy towards Big Brother - Xinhua | English.news.cn

• Original audio of Japan emperor's war-end speech released - World - Fredericksburg.com

• A center in Japan simulates earthquakes — and it's open to the public

• Claiming the right to be Japanese — and more | The Japan Times

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