Japan News This Week 16 April 2017
Saturday, April 15, 2017
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Japan’s Sand Museum, a Home to Ephemeral Treasures
New York Times
Figure skating star Mao Asada stuns Japan with retirement
BBC
Japanese warships to join US fleet near North Korea as tensions rise
Guardian
Emperor’s abdication ceremony, the first in 200 years, likely to be held in December
Japan Times
Reconstruction Disaster: The human implications of Japan’s forced return policy in Fukushima 復興災害：福島の強制帰還政策が意味すること
Japan Focus
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"Japan ranked No. 4 in official development assistance in 2016 among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an OECD report showed Tuesday.
Japan also ranked fourth in 2015. The United States topped the ODA rankings for 2016, followed by Germany and Britain.
Japan’s ODA spending increased 12.7 percent from the previous year to $10.37 billion, according to the report."
Source: Japan Times
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Japan’s Sand Museum, a Home to Ephemeral Treasures
New York Times
Figure skating star Mao Asada stuns Japan with retirement
BBC
Japanese warships to join US fleet near North Korea as tensions rise
Guardian
Emperor’s abdication ceremony, the first in 200 years, likely to be held in December
Japan Times
Reconstruction Disaster: The human implications of Japan’s forced return policy in Fukushima 復興災害：福島の強制帰還政策が意味すること
Japan Focus
Last Week's Japan News on the JapanVisitor blog
Statistics
"Japan ranked No. 4 in official development assistance in 2016 among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an OECD report showed Tuesday.
Japan also ranked fourth in 2015. The United States topped the ODA rankings for 2016, followed by Germany and Britain.
Japan’s ODA spending increased 12.7 percent from the previous year to $10.37 billion, according to the report."
Source: Japan Times
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