Editorial & Columns
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How Japan can embrace gender equality and nurture a more inclusive society
The World Economic Forum on July 13 released the Gender Gap Index, which quantifies the gaps between...
July 13, 2022
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My Friend, Abe San
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shi...
July 12, 2022
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Amid ongoing Ukraine sanctions, Putin will have to choose either butter or guns
The United States, Europe, Japan and other countries are continuing to impose economic sanctions on ...
July 6, 2022
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India-Japan : A Partnership for peace, stability and prosperity
Special. Strategic. Global. Each of these three words that describe the India-Japan partnership has ...
May 23, 2022
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Past political wisdom clue to solve crises
When the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011, I thought: “The post-World War II e...
March 25, 2022
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Optimism again allows invasion in Europe
Thirty years have passed since the end of the Cold War. Over that period, we have witnessed various ...
March 11, 2022
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Kid’s fake tears: One culture’s response may be a far cry from another
Many years ago, I witnessed a Japanese mother decline a request made by her daughter, who I’ll call ...
March 3, 2022
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Listen to the students: Social relevance is the way to save liberal education
Just as economists and demographers worry about Japan’s “2025 problem,” when more than 30% of Japan’...
February 17, 2022
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Mushroom-based leather positioned as revolutionary, sustainable material
We continue to hear many news stories about sustainable materials even in the year 2022. Even in the...
February 4, 2022
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Can ‘new capitalism’ end economic woes?
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s pledge to implement a “new form of capitalism” has aroused political ...
February 4, 2022
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Data trumps preconceptions in social analysis
How will political developments and technological progress in Japan and overseas change our daily li...
January 30, 2022
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Reviewing how Tokyo Games performed
The Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 were postponed for one year due to the spread of novel c...
January 21, 2022
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Foraging for food was a legacy of my father’s distant memories of hunger
When I was growing up, there were unpaved roads and vacant lots around my house. Whoever owned them ...
January 20, 2022
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Be on the lookout for femtech, NFTs in 2022
What will the new year bring us in fashion? To see what 2022 has in store, let’s first look back at ...
January 7, 2022
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CULTURAL CONUNDRUMS / Ordinary brilliance: Differing representations of year-end gift-giving
The holiday season has ended and the Western media’s gift-list frenzy along with it. This time I was...
January 6, 2022
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