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Basic Economic, Fiscal Policy Draft: Deepen Strategy to Increase Take-home Pay
It will only be possible for the government to obtain public understanding of its policy if it ac...
June 7, 2025
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Japan Post: Organizational Laxity Invited Unusually Severe Penalty
Japan Post Co. has been forced to cease use of many of its vehicles due to widespread legal viola...
June 9, 2025
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Vitalization of Bookstores: Expand Opportunities for People to Encounter Books
Bookstores are cultural centers for local communities that connect people with books. Their exist...
June 11, 2025
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2025 Expo ‘a Mirror of the Times’ That Highlights International Affairs
More than 50 days have passed since the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo began. Exhibits that evoke the fut...
June 7, 2025
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Rice Policy: Start With Identifying The Causes of Price Increases
As rice prices have continued to soar, there are growing public calls for a shift in established ...
June 10, 2025
Yomiuri Editorial
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Diet Debate between Party Leaders: Measures to Deal with High Prices Too Meager
The starting time of the latest debate between party leaders was delayed to enable more people to...
June 12, 2025
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Illegal Public Security Investigation: Why Did Police, Prosecutors Rush to False Accusations?
The investigation that led to the arrest and indictment of three men for their alleged involvemen...
June 12, 2025
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Vitalization of Bookstores: Expand Opportunities for People to Encounter Books
Bookstores are cultural centers for local communities that connect people with books. Their exist...
June 11, 2025
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Protests in Los Angeles: Trump Has Gone Too Far in Deploying U.S. Military Domestically
U.S. President Donald Trump has deployed U.S. troops within his country in the name of maintainin...
June 11, 2025
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Rice Policy: Start With Identifying The Causes of Price Increases
As rice prices have continued to soar, there are growing public calls for a shift in established ...
June 10, 2025
Political Pulse
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2025 Expo ‘a Mirror of the Times’ That Highlights International Affairs
More than 50 days have passed since the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo began. Exhibits that evoke the fut...
June 7, 2025
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Armitage Strengthened Japan-U.S. Alliance; Late Statesman Saw Great Potential of Bilateral Ties
This spring, Japan and the Japan-U.S. alliance lost a pillar of support when former U.S. Deputy S...
May 31, 2025
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Japan Games Organizers Propose Major Reforms; Demography, Infrastructure Challenge Sports Festival
The Japan Sport Association (JSPO) convened an expert panel to discuss the future of the Japan Ga...
May 24, 2025
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Inflation Fires Up Populism, Erodes Political Stability; Rising Food Prices Bode Ill for Incumbent Government
Over 100 years ago in Japan, a shortage of rice and a steep rise in its price caused a great upro...
May 17, 2025
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Do You Have ‘Negative Literacy’ for This Digital Era? Tolerating Uncertainty Builds Resistance to Fake Data
Don’t understand something? Look it up yourself.
In school, students are taught that it i...
May 10, 2025
Insights Into The World
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End of Cold War Spelled Trouble for Liberalism
The world is in great turmoil. In the war in Ukraine, which began in February 2022, the brutal fi...
June 6, 2025
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With Trump Back, Japan Must Expand Foreign Policy
Four months into his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has stunned both the American peopl...
May 30, 2025
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‘Nudges’ Can Promote Good Behavior, But Have Limits
At any convenience store, there are now footprint marks on the floor that lead up to the cash reg...
May 2, 2025
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Trump’s ‘Might Makes Right’ Upends World Order
“We both know that, in this world, the question of what is right only matters between equals. Oth...
April 25, 2025
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Trump Pulls The Curtains Closed on The ‘U.S. Century’
“The golden age of America begins right now,” said U.S. President Donald Trump in his inaugural s...
April 11, 2025
Cultural Viewpoints
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Beyond the Paper Screen / Homemaking on the Go Never Really Stops
It was a typical day in Oregon in mid-May: drizzles, clouds, five minutes of sunshine, drizzles a...
March 25, 2024
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Cultural Conundrums / What Follows ‘Batter Up!Pqx: Cultural Accommodation in Baseball Risk-Taking
The great thing about culture is that it’s everywhere. I am not a fan of baseball, but my spouse ...
March 10, 2024
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Beyond the Paper Screen / Navigating the Future of Work: Change, Creativity and Human Resilience
In my class, which is for students who are just starting their major in sociology and anthropology, ...
February 18, 2024
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Cultural Conundrums / Getting to Friendships: The Challenges of Context-driven Social Relationships
Friendships sustain us in life, keeping loneliness at bay and providing us with a chance to grow thr...
February 4, 2024
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A Joyful Paradox: Rethinking Play in the Modern World
By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News [posttime] JST, [postdate] I think I was about 10 ...
January 21, 2024
Outside Contributors
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Is Japanese Really Needed for Doing Business in Japan? / Startups Often Deal with Big Corporations in English
Late in 2023, a Japanese executive of a major Japanese corporation took me out to a sushi dinner ...
May 14, 2025
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Trump’s Victim Narrative Makes America Less Great; But Playing on People’s Grudges Does Win Him Votes
Among the characteristics of U.S. President Donald Trump, what particularly perplexes me is his o...
May 9, 2025
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Japan a Positive Counterexample in Age of Revisionism; Changes to World Order Should be Peaceful, Not Forced
Sergiy Korsunsky, the Ukrainian ambassador to Japan 2020-2025, has worked tirelessly since the st...
April 12, 2025
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Kansai Pavilion Showcases Diverse Attractions of Host Region
Even before the Osaka-Kansai Expo formally opens on April 13, the host region will open its own K...
April 3, 2025
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U.S. Startups Can Help Support Japanese AI Applications; Synthetic Data One Way to Boost Learning by AI
My guest and I raised our first beers with a “kampai” toast at Andy’s Shin Hinomoto in November 2...
March 26, 2025
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