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Koryo High School’s Withdrawal from Koshien: Lax Response Invited Defamation on Social Media
It can be said that a school’s lax awareness toward violence and its poor response has worsened a situation. Defamatory comments on social media al...
August 13, 2025
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40 Years since JAL Jet Crash: Forever Remember Pledge to Ensure Safe Flights
Aug. 12 marked 40 years since a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew members. It is hoped that those involve...
August 13, 2025
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Budget Request Ceilings: Where Is The Mechanism To Curb Spending?
How can the ballooning national budget be curbed without cutting existing expenditures? Government ministries and agencies must not request funds w...
August 12, 2025
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Accidents at Fireworks Displays: Don’t Leave Safety Management to On-Site Workers
Accidents involving fireworks, which light up the night sky, have been occurring one after another and are a reminder that even these spectacular d...
August 12, 2025
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Delay in retrieving nuclear debris: Take practical, realistic steps toward decommissioning
Given the difficult road ahead toward decommissioning the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, revising the plan at this point seems to be a realis...
August 10, 2025
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Inflating invalid vote numbers: Lack of respect for law among ward officials appalling
Trust in elections will be undermined if local government officials, who are in a position to oversee fair elections, have tried to arbitrarily adj...
August 10, 2025
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General Meeting of LDP Lawmakers of Both Houses: How Long Will the Party’s Turmoil Continue?
The turmoil within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party regarding whether Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba should resign is nothing short of disgracefu...
August 9, 2025
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Nagasaki A-bomb Anniversary: Younger Generations’ Role Grows More Important
Nagasaki too is marking the 80th anniversary of its atomic bombing. Opportunities to directly hear the voices of survivors are decreasing, and the ...
August 9, 2025
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Unjustified Public Security Investigation: Dysfunctional Chain of Command Led to False Charges
Insisting that an investigation conform with initial assumptions, leading to forcible arrests and false accusations, is a matter of grave responsib...
August 8, 2025
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New ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Imposed: Put Japan-U.S. Agreement in Writing and Implement It
Discrepancies have emerged regarding the content of the agreement reached between Japan and the United States in their tariff negotiations.
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SBI Shinsei Bank: Completion of Repayment Leaves Lessons for the Public Fund System
SBI Shinsei Bank completed the repayment of public funds it received during the era of its predecessor — the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan — at th...
August 7, 2025
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Japan to Export Frigates to Australia: Use Joint Development to Strengthen Foundations of Defense Industry
The high-tech capabilities of a Japanese frigate, equipped with a variety of functions such as anti-ship and antiaircraft capabilities and operable...
August 7, 2025
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Change in Rice Agricultural Policy: The Decision to Increase Production is Laudable
The government is set to revise its policy that in effect reduces rice paddy acreage and shift to increasing production. This is a decision that wi...
August 6, 2025
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Atomic Bomb Memorials: Fulfill Responsibility to Pass on Memory of War’s Horrors
Eighty years have passed since the atomic bombings. There are few opportunities left to hear the voices of the survivors. It is Japan’s mission to ...
August 6, 2025
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Intensive Diet Deliberation on Tariffs: Details of Japan-U.S. Agreement Too Ambiguous
Japan and the United States reportedly agreed on reducing the U.S. tariff rate on Japanese automobiles to 15%, but no implementation date has been ...
August 5, 2025
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