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    World leaders are gathering in New York for the opening of the 77th session of the U.N. General Asse...

    September 20, 2022

  • 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

  • My Friend, Abe San

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    July 12, 2022

  • 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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    Special. Strategic. Global. Each of these three words that describe the India-Japan partnership has ...

    May 23, 2022

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    When the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011, I thought: “The post-World War II e...

    March 25, 2022

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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    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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    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s pledge to implement a “new form of capitalism” has aroused political ...

    February 4, 2022

  • Data trumps preconceptions in social analysis

    How will political developments and technological progress in Japan and overseas change our daily li...

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