Society
Social Series
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Mental Health Impact / Social Media Apps Drive Users into Dangerous Filter Bubbles
The internet and social media allow anyone to transmit information. People’s behaviors are often alt...
April 7, 2023
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12 Years Since Great East Japan Earthquake / Post-disaster Shift from Railways to Express Buses in Gear, but Potholes Remain
KESENNUMA, Miyagi — Setting out from JR Kesennuma Station in Miyagi Prefecture one morning earlier t...
March 14, 2023
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12 years after Great East Japan Earthquake / Only 18% of Residents Return to Municipalities Affected by 2011 Nuclear Accident
Saturday marked 12 years since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. While continuing to grapple wit...
March 11, 2023
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12 Years After Great East Japan Earthquake / Eastern Japan Weighs Response in Case of Another Disaster
Saturday marks 12 years since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. While continuing to grapple with...
March 11, 2023
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Shadowy Organ Transplant / Lives Not Saved as Japan Lacks Donors
This is the third and final installment in a series looking into the organ transplant situation in J...
March 3, 2023
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Shadowy Organ Transplant / Japan Struggles to Prosecute Mediators of Shadowy Organ Transplants Overseas
This is the second installment in a series looking into the organ transplant situation in Japan, inc...
March 2, 2023
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Shadowy Organ Transplant / How an NPO Exploited a Law to Arrange Dodgy Overseas Organ Transplants
The recent arrest of the director of a nonprofit organization on suspicion of arranging overseas org...
February 28, 2023
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Hazard to Democracy / Elon Musk’s Takeover Floods Twitter with False Information
Unbalanced information diets can impede sensible decision-making, divide societies and threaten demo...
February 17, 2023
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Hazard to Democracy / Not Just U.S. As Conspiracy Theories Reach Small German State
A 19th-century castle stands silently on a snow-covered hill in central Germany’s Thuringia State. I...
February 16, 2023
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Brazilian Ex-President’s Supporters Attacked Congress with Smartphones in Hand
As a diet of bad food weakens the body, a diet of low-quality information distorts the mind. Enabled...
February 14, 2023
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Robbery-for-Hire / Ringleaders Used Fear Tactics, Group Members Claim
Four Japanese men suspected of being behind a recent string of violent robberies in Japan were extra...
February 11, 2023
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Robbery-for-Hire / Alleged Crime Boss Hid Out at Luxurious Hotel in Manila
Several men and women were seated around a lavish spread of lobster dishes and birthday cake when a ...
February 10, 2023
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Olympic scandal / Japan eyes Olympic reforms in run-up to 2030 Winter Games bid
This is the fourth and last installment of the series featuring corruption behind the 2020 Tokyo Oly...
October 29, 2022
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Olympic scandal / JOC’s overdependence on Dentsu all over bid for 2020 Games
This is the third installment of a series on corruption behind the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympi...
October 28, 2022
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Olympic scandal / Takahashi’s expansive power in sponsor selection process proved lucrative for Dentsu
As more details emerge regarding the backroom dealings to select corporate sponsors for the Tokyo Ol...
October 27, 2022
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