Political Series
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Charting a Course / Concrete measures for growth needed urgently
This is the second installment of a series that explores where the country’s politics go after the r...
November 3, 2021
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Charting a Course / Kishida’s real battle begins after LDP squeaks by to hold controlling majority
With the general election results finalized, this series explores where the country’s politics go fr...
November 2, 2021
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Neck and Neck / Former comrades in fierce contest
This is the second installment in a series that looks into constituencies where candidates are facin...
October 23, 2021
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2021 General Election Viewpoints / Discuss ways to enhance medical system for living with COVID-19
With official campaigning for the House of Representatives election scheduled to start Oct. 19, The ...
October 13, 2021
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Digital torrent / ‘Free’ stock trading apps have hidden costs
One of the many stock trading apps now on the market lets new customers spin a virtual roulette whee...
September 16, 2021
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Globally dominant U.S. tech giants big targets for antitrust regulators around the world.
The quartet of U.S. tech giants collectively dubbed GAFA — Google LLC, Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc...
September 15, 2021
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Digitization will likely boost Japanese firms’ sales by ¥68 tril.
A specialty hoto noodle soup restaurant near Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi Prefecture is so popular th...
September 14, 2021
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Digital torrent / China wary of data-rich IT firms’ expansion
China, although transitioning to a digital society at a furious pace, is now experiencing a strong b...
September 13, 2021
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Digital torrent / Japan’s growing array of data centers present a matter of national security
Data centers have been cropping up amid the fields and suburbs of Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, site of t...
September 13, 2021
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Digital torrent / Jumble of new systems created chaotic response to pandemic in Japan
The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the delay in the digitizing of society, a centerpiece po...
September 11, 2021
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Digital torrent / Japan aims for a comeback in digitization race
The Digital Agency was launched on Sept. 1 to remedy Japan’s slow progress in digitizing its society...
September 11, 2021
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CCP at 100: Collapse of collective leadership system gives Xi absolute authority
This is the second installment of a series looking at the costs of the Chinese Communist Party’s str...
July 2, 2021
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CCP at 100: China accelerating efforts to assimilate ethnic minorities into Han Chinese state
China on Thursday extravagantly celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Comm...
July 1, 2021
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Suga shows no enthusiasm for constitutional revision
On the evening of April 20, Seishiro Eto, who heads the Liberal Democratic Party’s Constitutional Re...
May 4, 2021
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Suga-style politics 7 / Suga faces intraparty concerns, voter criticism
This is the seventh installment in a series reviewing the first six months of Prime Minister Yoshihi...
April 1, 2021
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