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  • Social Media and Elections: Outdated System / Social Media’s Decisive Role in Mayoral Race Sparks Debate on Use of Internet in Campaigns

    This is the final installment in a series of articles that examines the challenges faced by the n...

    May 7, 2025

  • Social Media and Elections: Outdated System / Surrogate Candidates Threaten Fairness of Japan’s Elections, Causing Local Govts to Lose Patience

    This is the fourth installment in a series that examines the challenges faced by the nation’s ele...

    May 6, 2025

  • Social Media and Elections: Outdated System / Political Group Chief: Anyone Can Form Political Organization with Defamatory Name; Election Commission Won’t Take Issue

    This is the third installment in a series of articles that examines the challenges faced by the n...

    May 6, 2025

  • Social Media and Elections: Outdated System / Outdated System: Campaign Broadcasts Misused to Attract Customers

    This is the second installment in a series of articles that examines the challenges faced by the ...

    May 5, 2025

  • Social Media and Elections: Outdated System / Candidates Identified only by Internet Aliases Running in Japanese Elections, Puzzling Voters

    On March 16, following the announcement of a city assembly election in Koganei, Tokyo, a candidat...

    May 4, 2025

  • 30 Years After Sarin Attack — Lessons Learned / Aum Successor Groups Persist, Fueling Concern of Enduring Cult Devotion

    This is the third and final installment of a series that examines the scars left by the Aum Supre...

    March 22, 2025

  • 30 Years After Sarin Attack — Lessons Learned / Former Police Officials Talk about Lessons Learned from Their Responses to Cult’s Actions

    This is the second installment of a series that examines the scars left by the Aum Supreme Truth ...

    March 20, 2025

  • 30 Years After Sarin Attack — Lessons Learned / Brother Kept Diary For Sister Caught in Sarin Attack, Chronicling Her 25-Year Struggle With Illness

    Early afternoon on March 1, Kazuo Asakawa, 65, visited a cemetery in the suburbs of Tokyo. There ...

    March 19, 2025

  • Southwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / Businesses Pop Up on Remote Islands in Support of Locals’ Dreams; State of Islands Provides Vision of Japan’s Future

    This is the seventh and last installment in a series of articles looking at the country’s future ...

    March 16, 2025

  • Southwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / Saga Seeks to Become Cosmetics Industry Base; Local Govt Hopes to Create Version of ‘Cosmetic Valley’ in Japan

    This is the sixth installment of a series that follows the waves of change taking place in Kyushu...

    March 15, 2025

  • Southwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / Beef Cattle Production Center Miyakonojo Grows as Hub of Southern Kyushu Region

    This is the fifth installment of a series that follows the waves of change taking place in Kyushu...

    March 13, 2025

  • 30 Years After Sarin Attack / Former Police Officer Recalls Arrest of Aum Supreme Truth Cult Leader in 1995, Discovery of Asahara in Hidden Room

    Masaharu Yamada, former chief of the Metropolitan Police Department’s first investigation divisio...

    March 13, 2025

  • Southwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / Kitakyushu Draws Attention as New Logistics Hub; Land, Sea, Air Network Offers Multiple Shipping Routes

    This is the fourth installment of a series that follows the waves of change taking place in Kyush...

    March 12, 2025

  • 30 Years After Sarin Attack / Time Has Passed But Fear Remains; Son Recalls Death of Father Who Was Abducted by Aum Supreme Truth Cult

    Minoru Kariya, 65, revealed his father’s fears about the Aum Supreme Truth cult. His father Kiyos...

    March 12, 2025

  • Southwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / U.S. Military Sites on Okinawa West Coast Eyed for Integrated Commercial Development by Council 

    “We launched the Gateway 2050 Projects Promotion Council in cooperation with municipalities and o...

    March 12, 2025

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