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AI Research: Nobel Prizes Have Entered A New Era
Artificial intelligence research dominated the science sector of this year’s Nobel prizes. The de...
October 17, 2024
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‘Dark Part-Time Job’ Robberies: Serious Threat That Shakes Japan’s Public Safety
It is a serious situation that threatens public safety in Japan. The police must do everything th...
October 19, 2024
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Economic Measures: Outlook for Renewed Growth Must Be Presented
The Japanese economy is at a critical juncture, having emerged from a long period of stagnation a...
October 20, 2024
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Japan Post’s Wrongdoing: Misappropriation of Customer Information Damages Public Trust
For many years, customer information has been misappropriated at post offices across Japan in vio...
October 18, 2024
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1 Month Since Noto Heavy Rain: Do Not Let Up Support for The Rebuilding of People’s Lives
Monday marked one month since heavy rain hit the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake....
October 21, 2024
Yomiuri Editorial
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Abandoning Organ Transplants: Make Use of The Goodwill of Donors
There have been many cases in which organs from people who were declared brain dead were offered ...
October 22, 2024
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Slowdown of Chinese Economy: The Future Has Grown More Uncertain
The continued slowdown of the Chinese economy is making the future more uncertain. This could be ...
October 22, 2024
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1 Month Since Noto Heavy Rain: Do Not Let Up Support for The Rebuilding of People’s Lives
Monday marked one month since heavy rain hit the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake....
October 21, 2024
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G7 Defense Ministers’ Meeting: It Is Time to Deepen Defense Cooperation
While Western countries are showing signs of “support fatigue” due to the prolonged war in Ukrain...
October 21, 2024
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Economic Measures: Outlook for Renewed Growth Must Be Presented
The Japanese economy is at a critical juncture, having emerged from a long period of stagnation a...
October 20, 2024
Political Pulse
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MSDF Ship Sazanami Makes A Point In Taiwan Strait; Same Vessel Brought Relief to China After 2008 Quake
On Sept. 25, the attention of Japanese government officials was focused on a ship in the Taiwan S...
October 19, 2024
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Why Is BRICS Appealing To Southeast Asian Nations? Japan Must Keep Close to Its Neutral Neighbors
Are Thailand and Malaysia gravitating toward China and Russia? The two Southeast Asian nations ar...
October 12, 2024
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Defense-oriented Ishiba Should Learn from Hatoyama’s Diplomatic Error
The LDP presidential election, in which a record nine candidates ran, ended with Shigeru Ishiba’s...
October 5, 2024
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Family Businesses Display Admirable Strengths, Awful Weaknesses
Several scandals have involved family-owned companies, including sexual assaults by the founder o...
September 28, 2024
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Prepare for worst after unprecedented incursion by Chinese military
At 11:29 a.m. on Aug. 26, a Chinese Y-9 military reconnaissance plane violated Japan’s territoria...
September 21, 2024
Insights Into The World
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Chance to Boost Economic Metabolism Finally Here
Let’s compare two economies with inflation rates of 2% and 0%. Which one is more vibrant? This is...
October 11, 2024
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Declining Birth Rates: A Catastrophe? Or a Blessing?
Birth rates are notoriously declining in Japan, China, Korea, and Europe. In fact, they are too l...
September 20, 2024
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‘Doublethink’ Tends to Give Rise to Dictators
Authoritarian tyranny and protectionist trade policy are spreading throughout the world. This tre...
September 13, 2024
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To Meet Everyone’s Basic Needs, We’ll Have to Conserve
By Hiroshi Watanabe / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] People need foo...
September 6, 2024
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American Politics Could Be Unstable For Some Time
U.S. politics has resembled a roller-coaster over the past two months, as Americans prepare to go...
August 30, 2024
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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Orphan Girl’s Words Moved Emperor Showa to Tears; Encounter Happened on Postwar Tour Of Nation
On Aug. 14, 1945, Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration, which demanded Japan’s surrender, by th...
October 12, 2024
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Bilateral Alliance Stronger than Ever, and More Necessary than Ever
After three years in command, I am convinced the U.S.-Japan Alliance has never been more capable ...
October 7, 2024
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Ambassadors Skipping Peace Ceremony Showed Poor Form; People of Nagasaki Slighted In Pro-Israel Gesture
All six ambassadors to Japan from the Group of Seven nations, such as the United States and Brita...
October 2, 2024
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Generations of Emperors Expressed Wish for Peace; Heritage Stretches from Emperor Meiji to Today
In 1904, at the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Emperor Meiji composed a waka poem. This clas...
August 9, 2024
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U.S. Squandering Diplomatic Capital Over Gaza; Ability to Counter Russia, China Weakening
Over the nine months since war broke out in Gaza on Oct. 7 last year, Israel has repeatedly viola...
July 13, 2024
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