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Review of High-cost Medical Expense Benefit System: How Will The Public’s Understanding of Increased Burden Be Expanded?
With the aging of the population, the nation’s overall medical expenses continue to balloon. Amid the government’s tight fiscal situation, it is in...
January 29, 2025
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Lost Earnings Due to Accident: Make Ruling a Step to Change Convention of Cutting Funds for Those with Disabilities
Society should make it possible for people with disabilities to work in the same way as those without disabilities. The message that the judiciary ...
January 28, 2025
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Fuji TV President Resigns: Company Bears Heavy Responsibility for Inviting Distrust toward Media
The resignation of senior management was a matter of course, but it is necessary to fundamentally change the corporate culture that led to this sca...
January 28, 2025
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U.S. Economic Policy: Trump Urged to Show Restraint Regarding Tariff Policy
The protectionist tariff policy of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, which advocates an “America First” approach, will have a significa...
January 27, 2025
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Subsidies for Pain-Managed Childbirth: Safe Childbirth System Should Get First Priority
The Tokyo metropolitan government will begin subsidizing pain-managed childbirth, which uses anesthesia to ease the pain of giving birth, as part o...
January 27, 2025
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BOJ’s Additional Rate Hike: Central Bank Should Thoroughly Examine Impact
With the additional interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan, the Japanese economy is set to reach a level of interest rates that the nation has not...
January 26, 2025
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China’s Economic Slowdown: No Path in Sight toward Full Recovery
There are still no prospects of a full recovery for the Chinese economy, which has continued to stagnate. If the new U.S. president, Donald Trump, ...
January 26, 2025
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Policy Speech: Does It Really Deserve to Be Called ‘Remodeling The Japanese Archipelago’?
There can be no objection to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s basic idea of restoring vitality to the depopulating regions of Japan, but if his meth...
January 25, 2025
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Problem at Fuji TV: Lax Awareness Made The Situation Worse
A popular leading Japanese television personality has been forced to retire, and companies have stopped their commercials from being aired. A shock...
January 25, 2025
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Digital Textbooks: Expanded Use Could Transform Compulsory Education
There are movements in countries that are advanced in terms of information technology to return to paper textbooks because of the negative impact o...
January 24, 2025
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Shunto Spring Wage Negotiations Begin: Overcome High Prices by Firmly Establishing Wage Increases
Shunto spring wage negotiations have effectively begun with a meeting between Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) Chairman Masakazu Tokura and Ja...
January 24, 2025
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Malicious Posts on Social Media: The Cruelty of Slandering Even Dead People
There is no end of people online getting hurt by others’ malice. Heartless expressions can sometimes even cause someone to take their own life. And...
January 23, 2025
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U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame Vote: Ichiro Fascinated Fans with Displays of Skillful Running, Hitting, Fielding
An unprecedented left-handed batter raised in Japan has accomplished yet another feat. His brilliant performances and numerous great records will b...
January 23, 2025
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Trump’s inauguration: What will ‘America First’ policy bring? / Use disruptive power to solve challenges
New U.S. President Donald Trump has no hesitation in publicly stating that he will become a “dictator” and is trying to force to their knees even c...
January 22, 2025
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Cyberattacks: Japan’s cutting-edge tech, security data likely targets
Cyberattacks in which the involvement of other countries is suspected are a serious threat to Japan’s safety. In response to attackers’ increasingl...
January 21, 2025
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