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  • 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

  • Southwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / Thriving Fukuoka Eyes ‘Global Financial City’ Status; Schools, Jobs, Food Culture Appeal to Young People

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

    March 11, 2025

  • Southwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / Higher Fertility Rate in Kyushu Offers Advantages

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

    March 9, 2025

  • Southwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / Chips Priming Pump, Expanding Kumamoto’s Transportation Links

    There remains only a quarter of a century until 2050, a year to mark a major milestone in this ce...

    March 9, 2025

  • Roles of Social Media in Elections: Politicians Become Targets of ‘Online Defamation’

    This is the fifth and final installment of articles on the impact of social media impacts on elec...

    March 8, 2025

  • Roles of Social Media in Elections: Election Admin Commissions Powerless Against Campaign Obstruction

    This is the fourth installment of a series of articles on the impact of social media impacts on e...

    March 7, 2025

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