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Overhaul Shunto Wage Talks to Overcome Japan’s ‘lost 30 Years’
The shunto spring wage negotiations are unique to Japan and differ from Western labor practices. Alt...
February 17, 2024
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LDP Factions Prone to Collapse When Membership Exceeds 100; Abe Faction’s Funds Scandal Downfall Seems to Prove Rule
Once praised as the “backbone” of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the Abe faction has become th...
February 10, 2024
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Community Support Can Help Schools Prepare Children for the Future
Children learn best when they interact with adults. When teachers, parents and other adults in the c...
February 3, 2024
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Kishida, LDP Warily Eye Possibility of a 2nd Trump Administration
The administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is watching the U.S. presidential primaries close...
January 27, 2024
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Companies Should Make More Serious Efforts to Address Low Birth Rate
A year has passed since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced “unprecedented measures” to address t...
January 20, 2024
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A Turbulent, Possibly Transformative Year Ahead for Japanese Politics
One of the busiest and most consequential election years in recent memory has begun. On Jan. 13 — to...
January 13, 2024
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Sustainability a New Focus as Tourism Makes a Comeback
Tourism is recovering quickly in the wake of the coronavirus disaster. As the influence of inbound t...
January 6, 2024
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Why Do LDP ‘Politics and Money’ Scandals Keep Happening?
When we look back over the past month, it is astonishing how drastically the situation surrounding P...
December 30, 2023
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Kyoto Struggles to Balance Cultural Traditions, Inbound Tourism
Kyoto, a city with more than 1,200 years of history and tradition, is now entering a period of chang...
December 23, 2023
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Kishida Reverts to Dovish Ways amid an Unsettled Political Landscape
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was known as a dovish politician elected from the peace-oriented city o...
December 16, 2023
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How Sapporo’s Bid to Host the Winter Olympics Went Downhill
The Sapporo Olympics and Paralympics, for which a bid had been in progress, are now a long way off. ...
December 9, 2023
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Will Kishida Be Able to Survive the Impact of ‘Resignation Dominoes’?
The news that 21-year-old Ryuo titleholder Sota Fujii had become the first shogi player ever to win ...
December 2, 2023
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Awareness of Bias Blind Spots Is the First Step to Mutual Understanding
When driving a car and changing lanes, if you rely only on your mirrors and neglect to look around w...
November 25, 2023
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Kishida Losing Power to Call Snap Election as Political Decisions Backfire
“I sense weakness in your decisions and your words.” So said Hiroshige Seko, secretary general for ...
November 18, 2023
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Increasing Uncertainty Makes Decisions on EV Strategy Difficult
Many analysts have noted that the Japanese auto industry, despite being highly competitive internati...
November 11, 2023
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