Social Series
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Tsukiji Outer Market; surviving and thriving / Tsukiji Preserves Outer Market Culture with New Rules; History of District from Great Kanto Quake to COVID-19
“Tsukiji used to be a place where business and daily life were close-knit,” said Yoshiko Yamazaki...
June 26, 2024
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Tsukiji Outer Market; surviving and thriving / Professional or Not, Connoisseurs Love Tokyo’s Tsukiji Outer Market; Area Next to Former Site of Famed Market Still Shines
The Tsukiji Outer Market in central Tokyo is the bustling home to about 400 specialty shops selli...
June 26, 2024
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Tsukiji Outer Market; surviving and thriving / Tsukiji Outer Market Striving to Preserve Food Culture amid Redevelopment
The Tsukiji area in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, is garnering attention thanks to the planned redevelopment ...
June 24, 2024
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Emperor’s Role in Japan-U.K. Ties / Long-standing Bilateral Relationship Woven by Imperial Family, Royal Family; Strength of Bond Demonstrated with Reconciliation after WWII
While he was studying in the United Kingdom, the Emperor learned how a British monarch should beh...
June 23, 2024
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Emperor’s Role in Japan-U.K. Ties / Expanding Friend Circle Allowed Emperor to Improve English Ability; Realized Importance of Learning English at Young Age
The Emperor expressed Wednesday his hope to strengthen the relationship between Japan and the Uni...
June 21, 2024
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Emperor’s Role in Japan-U.K. Ties / Japan Emperor Draws on Student Days at Oxford University; U.K. Experience Helped Shape Approach to Current Duties
The Emperor studied at the University of Oxford in Britain from June 1983 to October 1985, living...
June 20, 2024
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Emperor’s Role in Japan-U.K. Ties / Japan Emperor’s Time in U.K. Spent Learning About British Constitutional Monarchy; Studying Overseas Proved to be Impactful
While he was studying in the United Kingdom, the Emperor learned how a British monarch should beh...
June 20, 2024
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Organ Donation Constraints / Information Spread Can Help Create Society Open to Organ Donation
A woman living in the outskirts of Seoul holds on to newspaper clippings about the death of her 2...
June 17, 2024
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Organ Donation Constraints / Japan’s National Mediator Struggles with Low Staff, Rising Workload; Psychological Support for Coordinators Essential
“I slept in the office three days a week sometimes. It was a rewarding job, but ...” a man said i...
June 16, 2024
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Organ Donation Constraints / Japan Lags behind from Lack of Resources; Leading Hospitals in U.S., S. Korea Have Dedicated Staff, Facilities
“My disease is getting worse so fast. I wonder if I’ll receive a transplant in time,” a woman suf...
June 15, 2024
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Examining Generative AI: Impact on Society / Fans Benefit as Sports World Adopts AI, but Other Risks Remain
It was the final day of the Masters in April, and Tiger Woods had just chipped his third shot ont...
May 17, 2024
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Examining Generative AI: Impact on Society / AI Lends Medicine Helping Hand, But Doctors Wary of Variation in Diagnoses
There is a neurosurgical clinic in Tokyo often visited by patients suffering from headaches. Befo...
May 17, 2024
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Examining Generative AI: Impact on Society / AI Brings Benefits to Companies While Government Guidelines Bring Confusion; JR Kyushu Finds Innovative Uses for AI
In late March, a station worker at the lost and found center in JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka Pref...
May 15, 2024
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Examining Generative AI: Impact on Society / Generative AI Displays Misinformation at City Official Website; Towns Limit AI Services as Mistakes Creep in
Last November, Eiji Okazaki, 51, a local government official, sighs as he looks at the computer s...
May 15, 2024
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Examining Generative AI: Impact on Society / Students Have AI Come Up with Answers, Copy Them
“It’s like a free tutoring service has emerged,” said a 56-year-old English teacher at a Tokyo pr...
May 14, 2024
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