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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • G7 Rushes to De-Risk to Protect Sensitive Tech

    This year has already become an epoch-making one globally in terms of revving up economic security. ...

    November 24, 2023

  • Japan’s Modernization Fitting Development Model

    Approximately two-thirds of the world is composed of developing countries. Nations that are well-off...

    November 10, 2023

  • How Far Can Politics, Economy Be Separated?

    The relationship between politics and economy is not so simple that it can be explained just by refe...

    November 3, 2023

  • Food, water insecurity may mean shortages for us all

    Every person requires food and water to remain alive. But our food and water supplies are becoming i...

    October 27, 2023

  • ASEAN ‘losing Its Sense of Direction’ in Region

    This year marks a historic milestone for Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations — the ...

    October 13, 2023

  • New Mideast Epic: from Strife to Coexistence

    In the Middle East, one noticeable thing has been gathering momentum lately: an “anything goes” type...

    October 6, 2023

  • Major Powers Awaken to Inland Asia’s Importance

    While tensions continue to deepen between the United States and China, one region in the world has b...

    September 22, 2023

  • COVID Risk Evaluation Now Up to Individuals

    About four months have passed since COVID-19 was downgraded from the equivalent of a Category II dis...

    September 8, 2023

  • Uptick in Productive Jobs Needed to Spur Growth

    Seeking to revitalize the Japanese economy, the government has recognized that it is urgent to creat...

    August 25, 2023

  • Long-term Care Insurance Increasingly Insecure

    Japan’s long-term care insurance system, introduced in April 2000, is an extremely important social ...

    August 11, 2023

  • Universities Need to Strengthen Educational Role

    Japan has made little progress in reforming its universities, despite much discourse on this being a...

    August 4, 2023

  • Japan Has Vital Part to Play in Divided World

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida participated in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s summit on July...

    July 28, 2023

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