Outside Contributors
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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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‘Let’s be strong’: Japanese moves and relational work in advice-giving
Recently, I received some unsolicited advice from an elderly relative, who I’ll call Granny Opine, t...
January 3, 2022
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Guterres: Danger posed by nuclear weapons ‘remains as high as ever’
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres contributed this piece on the upcoming Review Conference of ...
December 25, 2021
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COVID-19 articulates challenges for science
Almost two years have quickly passed since the novel coronavirus caught the world off guard. The wor...
December 24, 2021
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Continuing struggle with the pandemic tests our ability to adapt
Around 10,000-12,000 years ago, Homo sapiens sapiens began to actively modify the natural environmen...
December 16, 2021
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China’s reform, opening-up at a crossroads
In the Tokyo Olympic Games held this summer, China won 38 gold medals, just one behind the top-ranke...
December 10, 2021
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Rethink liberalization-first trade policy
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will come into force on January 1, 2022, creating an...
December 3, 2021
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Former Indian ambassador to Japan introduces memoir written by his colleague
Former Indian Ambassador to Japan Aftab Seth contributed a book review on a memoir written by his co...
December 3, 2021
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Fashion brands collaborate with budget restaurant chains
One of the most notable promotion strategies in the fashion industry over the past two decades must ...
December 3, 2021
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Enryo-sasshi and ‘The Makioka Sisters’: The power and limits of vague communication
In David Sedaris’ 2018 essay collection “Calypso,” the humorist writes of how his father would simpl...
December 2, 2021
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