Insights Into The World
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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
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Reform Vote System to Better Reflect Voters’ Voices
When one large group of people and many small groups live together in a certain place, this situa...
March 28, 2025
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Japan Should Strengthen Its Ties with Southeast Asia
U.S. President Donald Trump, having returned to power, has continued to shock and baffle the worl...
March 21, 2025
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The BOJ Is Too Dovish on Its Interest Rate Policy
Three years will soon have passed since Japan’s consumer price inflation topped 2%. Has the Japan...
March 7, 2025
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A Lawless President Seeks to Centralize His Power
Prior to last November’s election, there was public discussion of whether Trump was a fascist. I ...
February 21, 2025
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U.S. Tariff-First Policy is a Historical Throwback
Will the start of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second administration lead to a foundational chan...
February 7, 2025
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Trump 2.0 to Intensify Great Power Rivalries
Donald Trump is now in his second term as U.S. president. The world has changed considerably over...
January 31, 2025
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Trump 2.0 set to repeat history of unpredictability
The second administration of Donald Trump — Trump 2.0 — officially started on Jan. 20, when he wa...
January 24, 2025
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‘Syrian Spring’ Ends 50 Years of Assad’s Brutal Rule
In the seventh century, Muslim armies, advancing north from the Arabian Peninsula, were able to e...
December 27, 2024
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Japan, Europe must hold line against power plays
Will power politics prevail in today’s world? In the war in Ukraine, Russia has reached the point o...
December 13, 2024
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A higher minimum wage doesn’t have to harm jobs
Fumio Otake / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] The administration of P...
December 6, 2024
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Dealing with Trump, and ‘a world without police’
“America is not the world’s policeman,” then U.S. President Barack Obama said in 2013. Now, as th...
November 29, 2024
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Time to break away from defense-only policy
Donald Trump has been reelected as U.S. president. I thought he was leading during the campaign, ...
November 22, 2024
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