Japan News This Week 22 January 2017
Saturday, January 21, 2017
今週の日本
Japan Becomes a Rising Star for the Swiss Watch Industry
New York Times
Japan's hi-tech toilets to get standardised symbols
BBC
Japan hotel chain angers China over book's denial of Nanjing massacre
Guardian
Seven Cambodian women rescued from sex slavery in Gunma Prefecture restaurant
Japan Times
Disaster Poetry from Ōfunato
Japan Focus
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"This year Japan is paying 556.6 billion yen (4.8 billion dollars) for the stationing of US forces here, 165.8 billion yen (1.5 billion dollars) for land-leases, and, according to last year's figures, 8.8 billion yen (77 million dollars) to subsidize the bases. About all the US pays for are the troops' salaries. If our costs go any higher, we should consider treating the US military as a mercenary force under the command of Japan's Self Defense Forces."
Source: Japan Focus
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Japan Becomes a Rising Star for the Swiss Watch Industry
New York Times
Japan's hi-tech toilets to get standardised symbols
BBC
Japan hotel chain angers China over book's denial of Nanjing massacre
Guardian
Seven Cambodian women rescued from sex slavery in Gunma Prefecture restaurant
Japan Times
Disaster Poetry from Ōfunato
Japan Focus
Last Week's Japan News on the JapanVisitor blog
Statistics
"This year Japan is paying 556.6 billion yen (4.8 billion dollars) for the stationing of US forces here, 165.8 billion yen (1.5 billion dollars) for land-leases, and, according to last year's figures, 8.8 billion yen (77 million dollars) to subsidize the bases. About all the US pays for are the troops' salaries. If our costs go any higher, we should consider treating the US military as a mercenary force under the command of Japan's Self Defense Forces."
Source: Japan Focus
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Inside Track Japan For Kindle