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ElectionsProportional representation triggers groundswell of small political parties in Japan
This is the fifth installment of a series reflecting on the single-seat constituency system over the...
June 25, 2021
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MusicThe music scientist: Vaundy wants to become one for the textbooks
“If I didn’t feel like a song I made a year ago is terrible, I’d quit being a musician,” musical art...
June 25, 2021
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Crime & CourtsTop court puts onus on Diet to resolve surname issue
The Supreme Court’s latest ruling that laws requiring married couples to have the same surname are ...
June 24, 2021
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CompaniesPanasonic needs to find where its strength lies
The Yomiuri Shimbun sat down with Kenshi Hirokane, who is a manga artist and a former employee of P...
June 24, 2021
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CompaniesPanasonic’s shift to holding company structure is opportunity for reform
The Yomiuri Shimbun sat down with Kazuhiko Toyama, who serves as an outside director of Panasonic C...
June 24, 2021
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ElectionsGov. Koike’s hospitalization looms large on upcoming Tokyo assembly election
The official campaign period for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly begins Friday, with 127 seats bein...
June 24, 2021
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CoronavirusPractical, legal hurdles confront Japanese vaccine development
Progress is being made in the development of novel coronavirus vaccines by Japanese companies. Clini...
June 24, 2021
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General NewsUse of birth names by married people increasingly accepted in Japanese society
The requirement that husbands and wives in Japan must use the same surname was stipulated in the for...
June 24, 2021
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EnvironmentClean energy solution seen in small modular reactors
The global trend toward decarbonization is leading to developers in Japan, the United States and Eu...
June 24, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialOn married surnames, top court points to responsibility of Diet
It is important to steadily reduce the burden of hosting extensive U.S. military bases. The central ...
June 24, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
On married surnames, top court points to responsibility of Diet
A system requiring a husband and wife to choose the same surname cannot be called unreasonable. A re...
June 24, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentLDP executive acting secretary general : Still difficult to get women, new candidates involved in politics in Japan
This is the fourth installment of a series reflecting on the single-seat constituency system over th...
June 24, 2021
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ArtPurchase fine art at a fraction of the usual cost
For ¥10,000, you can own a Picasso. Well, not the whole painting. Tokyo-based ANDART Co., which s...
June 24, 2021
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General NewsReaders, local governments increasingly turn to e-libraries
Many public libraries are trying out electronic library services, such as lending electronic books, ...
June 24, 2021
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Ramen of JapanAozora / Serving up classic salt ramen under nostalgic blue skies at the foot of the Southern Japanese Alps
The Japan Alps mountain ranges — consisting of the Northern, Central, and Southern Alps — bisect Hon...
June 23, 2021