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Strengthen Momentum for Preventing Use of Nuclear Weapons
With the world’s attention focused more than ever on the cities that fell prey to atomic bombs, Japan has an increasing role to play toward nuclear di...
August 6, 2023
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Efforts Must Be Made to Convey Their Value to Nation’s History
At the bottom of the seas around the coasts of Japan, as well as the lakes and ponds around the nation, lie legacies that convey the history of the co...
August 6, 2023
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Dispel Public Anxiety over Linking Health Insurance Certificates to IDs
It is important for the government to review its plan to ensure that everyone can receive medical care without anxiety, as they do now. “Dispelling p...
August 5, 2023
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Charges Point to Grave Acts That Rock Foundations of Democracy
It would be inexcusable if the president of the United States, who should be a leader of the world, unlawfully attempted to overturn the results of an...
August 5, 2023
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Renovating Facilities Will Help Attract Human Resources
If housing complexes for national civil servants are aging and located far from workplaces, it could hinder their performance in carrying out their of...
August 4, 2023
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Industry as a Whole Must Take Steps to Increase Productivity
With the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus and summer colds, the shortage of medicines is becoming a serious issue. Medicinal products are a lif...
August 4, 2023
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Sufficient Human Resources Vital to Enhance Defense Capabilities
It is doubtful that defense capabilities can be strengthened unless there is an improvement in the current situation, in which the number of Self-Defe...
August 3, 2023
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China’s Measures Run Counter to Tenets of Free Trade
China has continued to tighten import restrictions on marine products from Japan. This is an unreasonable measure lacking scientific basis. The Japane...
August 3, 2023
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Devise Ways to Protect Passengers from Indiscriminate Attacks
Incidents of passengers being indiscriminately attacked on trains continue to occur. The hope is that railroad companies will put the safety of passen...
August 2, 2023
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Moscow must Listen Seriously to Concerns about Food Crisis
African countries did not yield to Russia’s conciliatory approach to provide grain free of charge to six countries. Russia must take the voices of i...
August 2, 2023
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Caps to Control Spending Reduced to Mere Formality
How can the state budget, which has ballooned as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, be reduced? This year’s budget request ceilings suggest awareness ...
August 1, 2023
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Find Ways to Develop Students’ Abilities So They Can Speak English
Students never becoming proficient in speaking English even after years of study has been a problem of Japan’s teaching of the English language. It is...
August 1, 2023
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Expedite Surveys to Find Sources of Discharge, Purification Efforts
Hazardous chemicals have been detected at high levels in rivers and groundwater across Japan. The government must not underestimate the situation; it ...
July 31, 2023
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Competition Among Major Powers Hindering the Creation of Global Rules
There should be no weapons that automatically kill or injure people through the use of artificial intelligence. It is problematic that the competition...
July 31, 2023
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Japan Must Enhance Deterrence through Cooperation with U.S., S. Korea
Defense spending will increase significantly, and new defense equipment will be deployed. It is important to assess changes in the security environmen...
July 30, 2023
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