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Cyberattacks: Build Defense Systems for Key Elements of Infrastructure
Elements of the nation’s critical infrastructure — an airline and a bank — were hit by a series of cyberattacks at the end of the year. Who launche...
December 28, 2024
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Rapid Spread of Influenza: Reassess Loosened Measures against Infectious Diseases
With the full-fledged arrival of the winter season, the number of influenza cases is increasing. Other infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, are a...
December 27, 2024
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Relocation of U.S. forces to Guam: Steadily reduce burden on Okinawa in hosting bases
Seventy percent of the facilities exclusively used by the U.S. military in Japan are concentrated in Okinawa Prefecture. It is significant to reduc...
December 27, 2024
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School Libraries: Create Spaces Where Students Can Learn The Joy of Reading
School libraries are important places for children to learn about the appeal of books and the significance of reading. Their services need to be im...
December 26, 2024
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Whistleblowing System: People Who Dare to Speak Up Must Be Protected
If those who have the courage to blow the whistle on wrongdoing in an organization suffer ill-treatment, no one will be able to raise their voice. ...
December 26, 2024
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Listing of Kioxia: Strengthen semiconductor production base
It is important to strengthen Japan’s economic competitiveness by building a domestic production base for a wide variety of semiconductor products....
December 25, 2024
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Extraordinary Diet Session Closes: Will ‘Politics And Money’ Issue Be Brought to An End?
Although there are points left unresolved, it is noteworthy that the prospect of a solution to the issue of politics and money has finally come in ...
December 25, 2024
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Electronic Voting in Elections: How Can Effectiveness, Security Be Improved?
Electronic voting, in which voters cast their election ballots via digital terminals installed at polling stations, can be expected to provide quic...
December 24, 2024
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U.S., Japanese Monetary Policies: Both Nations’ Central Banks Should Strive to Discern Future Uncertainty
The Japanese and U.S. economies are both robust, but uncertainty about the future is rising. This is because it is difficult to predict the impact ...
December 24, 2024
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MUFG Bank: Deterioration of Professional Ethics Is Intolerable
Employee theft should never occur at banks, which hold their customers’ precious assets. The deterioration in professional ethics is serious. The r...
December 23, 2024
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Top International News of 2024: How Should The World Face ‘America First’?
Amid the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a person who advocates “America First” will once again become a U.S. president. How should th...
December 23, 2024
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Science Council of Japan’s Reform: Change Body to Organization That Will Contribute to Society
The selfish insistence by the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) on refusing government involvement in personnel and operational matters while seeking ...
December 22, 2024
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Looking Back at Japan in 2024: Nature’s Fury Disrupted the Tranquility of New Year’s Day
The major earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula at the very beginning of the New Year caused many deaths and changed people’s lives completely....
December 22, 2024
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Outline of Tax System Reform: Parties Should Refrain from Irresponsible Optimism
If the tax system is changed, there will be those who will benefit from it and those who will have more of a burden to bear. The role of politics i...
December 21, 2024
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New Keidanren Chairman: Selection from Financial Circle Reflects Changing Times
It has long been argued that the presence of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) has been declining. How can the federation improve its ability t...
December 21, 2024
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