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BOJ Rate Hikes: Nation Entering New Phase of Its ‘Economy with Positive Interest Rates’
The Bank of Japan has decided to raise its policy interest rate by 25 basis points to around 0.75%. This marks the highest level in about 30 years,...
December 20, 2025
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Loan to Ukraine: Risk of Kyiv Exhausting Its War Funds Averted
The European Union has agreed on new support measures for Ukraine, which is facing Russian aggression. It is highly significant for the EU to secur...
December 20, 2025
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Dangerous Driving: Eliminate Ambiguity to Impose Severe Punishment
The current situation in which reckless driving causing death or injury results in only minor penalties can only be described as absurd. It is esse...
December 19, 2025
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Accommodation Tax: Clarify Necessity and Purpose for Introducing Levy on Travelers
In response to an increasing number of foreign tourists to Japan, more moves are being made in which local governments introduce an accommodation t...
December 19, 2025
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Frequent Wildfires: What Should be Done to Reduce Human Causes?
Forest fires have occurred in various parts of the country. They are generally caused by people, such as when they make bonfires. Once forest fires...
December 18, 2025
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Extraordinary Diet Session Closes: Noticeably Forceful Approach Displayed by JIP
The extraordinary Diet session, the first debate arena for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet, has closed. The absence of significant confusio...
December 18, 2025
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Enactment of Revised Medical Care Law: Will Legal Revision Lead to Correction of Regional Imbalance of Doctors?
Medical institutions and doctors are concentrated in urban areas, and more than a few regional areas are struggling with a shortage of doctors.
...December 17, 2025
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BOJ’s Tankan Survey Improves: Environment is Being Established for Wage Increases
Japanese companies appear to be overcoming the blow dealt by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, their biggest cause of concern. It is h...
December 17, 2025
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Generative AI Proposals: Use High Ethical Standards in Domestic Development
Generative artificial intelligence, which is evolving rapidly, now impacts all aspects of people’s lives, extending far beyond the business communi...
December 16, 2025
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Guilty Ruling for H.K. Pro-Democracy Figure: China’s Suppression of Free Speech Becomes More Extreme
A Hong Kong opinion leader who was a leading critic of China has been found guilty in court. The current situation in which China is taking away fr...
December 16, 2025
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Japan and Middle East: Quickly Provide Support; Don’t Leave Region in Ruins
More than 70,000 residents of the Palestinian territory of Gaza have died from Israel’s military operations. It is unbearable to see cities reduced...
December 15, 2025
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Online Casinos: Spread of Gambling among Minors is Serious Problem
There have been a series of cases in which police took action because minors allegedly gambled through online casinos. Young people are particularl...
December 15, 2025
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Rice Coupons: A Misguided Approach to Countering Rising Prices
Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] The “rice coupons” that the central government recommends local governments provide are a completely misguided ap...
December 13, 2025
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U.N. Specialized Agencies: Japan Must Take Lead in Setting Standards Through Dispatch of Senior Officials
Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] The international order is on the brink of collapse, and the United Nations stands at a crossroads. Yet there is ...
December 13, 2025
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Fed Cuts Interest Rates: Situation Surrounding U.S. Economy Complicates Central Bank’s Next Moves
The U.S. economy finds itself caught in a dilemma, with concerns over deteriorating employment and a risk of renewed inflation.
...December 12, 2025
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