Yomiuri Editorial

Ruling on Oi Nuclear Plant Lacks Understanding of Safety Screenings

It can be said that a court's ruling, which found the government's judgment on the safety of a nuclear power plant to be legally invalid, was based...

December 8, 2020

China’s Bullying of Australia Reveals Hypocrisy of Its Words on Free Trade

China is heightening pressure on Australia by restricting its trade with the country.

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December 8, 2020

Urgently Reduce Hospital Burden as severely Ill Virus Patients Surge

The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus is further increasing the burden on medical institutions. The government must come up with measures with ...

December 7, 2020

Refine World-class Space Probe Technology Proved by Hayabusa2

A small probe that had been traveling through outer space approached Earth after six years. It is a significant achievement that Japan can be proud...

December 7, 2020

Japanese Cell Phone Carriers must Provide Fee Structure Acceptable to All Users

It is important to simultaneously strive toward reducing cell phone service charges and making it easier to understand the plans so that many users...

December 6, 2020

Japan’s New Law must Be 1st Step in properly Regulating Reproductive Medicine

Legislation has yet to catch up with advances in technology for assisted reproduction, such as sperm and egg donation and surrogacy. Rules must be ...

December 6, 2020

Suga Needs to Show Clear Plans to Overcome Crisis / Halting Virus is 1st Step to Fixing Economy

In order to erase society's fears about novel coronavirus infections and have the economy recover, politics has a significant role to play.

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December 5, 2020

Situation in Afghanistan not Conducive to a Reduction in U.S. Military Personnel

U.S. forces stationed in Afghanistan play a role in deterring terrorism and promoting the peace process. Maintaining an appropriate number of troop...

December 4, 2020

BOJ’s Mounting Stock Holdings Undermine Healthy Market Function

The Bank of Japan's holdings of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have ballooned, raising severe concerns about distortions in the stock market.

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December 4, 2020

At Facilities for the Elderly, Reinforce Defenses against Disaster and Disease

The novel coronavirus pandemic is expected to be prolonged. In order to maintain nursing care services, it is important not only to strengthen curr...

December 3, 2020

China Says it Wants to Join TPP, but would It Really Submit to Rules?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral free trade pact sets out rules for high levels of liberalization of trade and investment. If China wants...

December 3, 2020

Universities Need to Reorganize to Survive via Strategic Management

With the decrease in the population of 18-year-olds, the severity of the management environment for universities is increasing. It is necessary to ...

December 2, 2020

TSE must Demonstrate Resolve to Regain Trust after System Malfunction

This is the third administrative punishment on the grounds of a system malfunction. In order to restore the trust that has been lost, it is necessa...

December 2, 2020

Large Companies cannot be Allowed to Take Advantage of Weaker Start-ups

Amid the accelerating digitization of society and the increasing importance of start-ups taking on new fields, there is no end to the unreasonable ...

December 1, 2020

It’s Time for Japan to Prioritize Infection Prevention over Economic Activities

For the economy to recover, the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus must be stopped. One can only feel frustrated at the government's response.

December 1, 2020