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Teachers’ Working Hours: Work Style Reform in Schools Still Only Halfway There
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80 Years since U.N. Foundation: Japan Must Lead Multilateral Cooperation
Oct. 24 marks 80 years since the United Nations was founded. There is an urgent need to rebuild the multilateral cooperation system in light of the...
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Problems with Minpaku Lodgings: Establish a System that Can Obtain Residents’ Understanding
There is no end to the problems surrounding minpaku private lodging services that rent houses and apartments to foreign tourists and others as acco...
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Regional Bank Management: ‘World with Interest Rates’ Encourages Business Expansion
With the arrival of a “world with interest rates,” business scale now determines profitability even for regional banks. It is crucial to support re...
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Launch of Takaichi Cabinet: Is New Administration a Turning Point for a New Era? / Fiscal Discipline Should Not be Disregarded
Japan’s first female prime minister has appeared. Will this be an opportunity to break through the sense of stagnation enveloping the nation? Even ...
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LDP-JIP Coalition Agreement: Parties Must Learn Lessons from Recent Policy Talks
It is commendable that the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have now agreed to form a new coalition government and put in pl...
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Ito Mayor Takubo: Where Is The Sense of Responsibility of Those Holding Public Office?
Given the results of the city assembly election, it is simply impossible to believe that the incumbent mayor can regain the trust of the people and...
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Stricter Criteria for Business Manager Visa: Make Revisions a Step Forward in Preventing Fraudulent Acquisition
A status of residence originally created to help Japan’s economic growth by accepting entrepreneur-minded foreign nationals is being abused.
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Increase in Rice Production: Aim to Achieve Steady Price Declines
The 2025 harvest of the staple food rice is expected to increase to its highest level in nine years because of rice farmers’ efforts to boost produ...
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Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. has announced that it will consider decommissioning the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa...
October 18, 2025
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Ex-PM Tomiichi Murayama Dies: A Pragmatist Who Overcame Divisions between Conservatives, Reformists
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama overcame the so-called 1955 system, in which conservatives and reformists were locked in a fierce rivalry, ...
October 18, 2025
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Investigation of Anonymous, Fluid Criminal Groups: Make Effective Use of New Framework and Methods
Criminal groups connected via social media, information about which is difficult to ascertain, pose a significant threat to public safety. Police n...
October 17, 2025
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Negotiations for Coalition Government: Ruling, Opposition Parties Must Recognize the Weight of Governing
Taking over the reins of government means nothing less than implementing realistic, responsible policies in consideration of the interests of all m...
October 17, 2025
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Influenza: With Hot Temperatures Suddenly Down, Flu Season Has Set in Early
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