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To Boost Economy, Reconsider Noncompete Clauses
“After you leave our company, you cannot work for a competitor.”
Many people must have be...
July 5, 2024
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Europe on Cusp of Losing All-Important Postwar Norm
Eighty-six years ago, on Sept. 27, 1938, then British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain spoke in...
May 31, 2024
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Keep Up Suitable Policies to Escape from Deflation
“The tide has turned.”
More and more people seem to believe this as they look at the curr...
May 24, 2024
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What Place Is There for Religion in a Democracy?
Young Japanese people’s interest in thinking and religion is said to have been declining in recen...
May 10, 2024
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Transform Diet into Forum for Real Debate on Policy
Thirty years have passed since major political reforms took place in Japan in 1994, culminating i...
May 3, 2024
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Bigger Challenges Awaiting New Indonesia Leader
Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has coasted to an overwhelming victory in his count...
April 12, 2024
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International Community Has Much to Learn from 10/7 Fiasco
On Sept. 29, 2023, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said, “[t]he Middle East r...
April 5, 2024
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ASEAN, Japan Should Grow Together as Equals
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is now thriving as the core of world economic ...
March 22, 2024
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2-State Solution Needed to End Conflict in Gaza
Historically, war has been defined as an armed conflict that is generally fought between sovereign s...
March 8, 2024
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Japan’s Global Standing Rests on More than GDP
Japan has slipped below Germany and is now the world’s fourth-largest economy in dollar terms, accor...
March 1, 2024
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‘Greedy Work’ Helps Preserve Gender Income Gap
According to Harvard University Prof. Claudia Goldin, who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in economics, “gr...
February 23, 2024
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A Most Important American Election Looms in 2024
It is cliche to say that the world stands at a crossroads and that this year will be critical in det...
February 9, 2024
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Stagnation Can Only Be Overcome If We All Chip In
Though we’ve ushered in a New Year, it seems we’ve not swept away the sense of stagnation in Japan. ...
February 2, 2024
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Donation Culture Helps Unlock Research Discoveries
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Dr. Katalin Kariko and Dr. Dre...
December 29, 2023
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Japan Needs to Fix Real Causes of Yen Slump
The yen has been undergoing an unprecedented decline. Not only has the yen’s nominal exchange rate ...
December 8, 2023
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