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Generative AI Proposals: Use High Ethical Standards in Domestic Development
Generative artificial intelligence, which is evolving rapidly, now impacts all aspects of people’...
December 16, 2025
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AI Personalizes Foreign Language Lessons in Pilot Projects, Inspiring Students in Japan
AI translation has made significant strides in recent years, now handling tasks once considered u...
December 20, 2025
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Enactment of Revised Medical Care Law: Will Legal Revision Lead to Correction of Regional Imbalance of Doctors?
Medical institutions and doctors are concentrated in urban areas, and more than a few regional ar...
December 17, 2025
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Frequent Wildfires: What Should be Done to Reduce Human Causes?
Forest fires have occurred in various parts of the country. They are generally caused by people, ...
December 18, 2025
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Extraordinary Diet Session Closes: Noticeably Forceful Approach Displayed by JIP
The extraordinary Diet session, the first debate arena for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabine...
December 18, 2025
Yomiuri Editorial
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Outline for Tax System Reform: Put Japan’s Economy on New Growth Path by Promoting Investment
The Japanese economy now stands at a turning point to attract aggressive investment from companie...
December 21, 2025
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Reflecting on 2025 in Japan: A Year that Raises Both Hopes and Concerns
The World Expo was held in Osaka for the first time in 55 years. Japan also saw its first female ...
December 21, 2025
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BOJ Rate Hikes: Nation Entering New Phase of Its ‘Economy with Positive Interest Rates’
The Bank of Japan has decided to raise its policy interest rate by 25 basis points to around 0.75...
December 20, 2025
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Loan to Ukraine: Risk of Kyiv Exhausting Its War Funds Averted
The European Union has agreed on new support measures for Ukraine, which is facing Russian aggres...
December 20, 2025
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Dangerous Driving: Eliminate Ambiguity to Impose Severe Punishment
The current situation in which reckless driving causing death or injury results in only minor pen...
December 19, 2025
Political Pulse
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AI Personalizes Foreign Language Lessons in Pilot Projects, Inspiring Students in Japan
AI translation has made significant strides in recent years, now handling tasks once considered u...
December 20, 2025
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How Will Takaichi Emulate Her Political Role Models, Thatcher and Abe?
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, has two role models in politics. One is Marg...
December 13, 2025
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Osaka Expo Materials Reused and Recycled Around Japan, Exemplifying the Circular Economy
Drawing a massive circle around the central grounds of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, the majestic wooden...
December 6, 2025
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JIP Lawmaker Takashi Endo Is the ‘Glue’ the Holds the LDP-JIP Coalition Together
A House of Representatives member playing an unusual dual role is making his presence felt in the...
November 29, 2025
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12-Day War on Iran by Israel, U.S. Had No Winners; Tehran’s Nuclear Efforts Likely to Go On
I spent three years in Tehran as the Iran correspondent for The Yomiuri Shimbun, starting in 2015...
November 22, 2025
Insights Into The World
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World Needs to Restore Free and Fair Trade System
By Motoshige Itoh / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] A phenomenon know...
December 12, 2025
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In Global Politics, U.S. and China Are in Charge
It has been less than a year since Donald Trump came to power. Yet the world continues to be hit ...
December 5, 2025
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Can U.S. Universities Safeguard Their Independence?
By Takenori Inoki / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] After U.S. Presid...
November 28, 2025
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Melting Sea Ice Reveals Importance of Arctic Region
By Shigeru Kitamura / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] In 2019, during...
November 21, 2025
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Soft Power is Key for Japan to ‘Flourish’ Globally
By Akihiko Tanaka / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] Prime Minister Sa...
November 7, 2025
Cultural Viewpoints
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Beyond the Paper Screen / Homemaking on the Go Never Really Stops
It was a typical day in Oregon in mid-May: drizzles, clouds, five minutes of sunshine, drizzles a...
March 25, 2024
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Cultural Conundrums / What Follows ‘Batter Up!Pqx: Cultural Accommodation in Baseball Risk-Taking
The great thing about culture is that it’s everywhere. I am not a fan of baseball, but my spouse ...
March 10, 2024
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Beyond the Paper Screen / Navigating the Future of Work: Change, Creativity and Human Resilience
In my class, which is for students who are just starting their major in sociology and anthropology, ...
February 18, 2024
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Cultural Conundrums / Getting to Friendships: The Challenges of Context-driven Social Relationships
Friendships sustain us in life, keeping loneliness at bay and providing us with a chance to grow thr...
February 4, 2024
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A Joyful Paradox: Rethinking Play in the Modern World
By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News [posttime] JST, [postdate] I think I was about 10 ...
January 21, 2024
Outside Contributors
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5 Japanese Business Dinner Mistakes to Avoid — and What They Taught Me About Business in Japan
When I first started doing business in Japan in 2016, the initial cultural lesson was the meishi ...
December 1, 2025
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U.S. Ambassador Glass: Seizing the Momentum of President Trump’s Visit
U.S. President Donald Trump was in Japan last week. U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass talks a...
November 7, 2025
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TICAD Should Keep Focus on Japan Investing in Africa, Not Merely Offering Aid
For more than 30 years, the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) has sto...
August 20, 2025
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Is Japanese Really Needed for Doing Business in Japan? / Startups Often Deal with Big Corporations in English
Late in 2023, a Japanese executive of a major Japanese corporation took me out to a sushi dinner ...
May 14, 2025
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Trump’s Victim Narrative Makes America Less Great; But Playing on People’s Grudges Does Win Him Votes
Among the characteristics of U.S. President Donald Trump, what particularly perplexes me is his o...
May 9, 2025
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