Insights Into The World
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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