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The Asahi Shimbun |
Two Chinese scholars who had been teaching at universities in Japan for many years recently went missing within months of each other after...
What will Japan do when it is faced with the risk of war? In 1951, before the United States ended its occupation of Japan, Washington demanded that...
Tomoko Inotsume, the protagonist of “Tora ni Tsubasa” (The Tiger and Her Wings) is modeled on one of the first three female lawyers in Japan....
Reforms aimed at improving the working conditions of doctors took effect this month. The new regulations set an overtime limit for employed doctors...
The Liberal Democratic Party’s proposal to amend the law regulating political funds suggests that the ruling party does not clearly understand...
Yuko Shirakawa remembers being taken by surprise when she was asked this question: “Have you never thought of becoming a doctor?” “Now that...
“The Ministry for the Future” is a 2020 climate fiction (“cli-fi”) by U.S. science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson. The titular ministry...
The government has released the results of its inspections into its own fund projects and its measures for revising the state fund system. That...
German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) lived a rigidly structured life. He rose at 4:55 in the morning, all year-round. His post-lecture...
Two Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) helicopters, carrying a total of eight crew members, crashed into the Pacific Ocean east of Torishima...