List of Articles

Rethinking a Healthier News Diet in the Age of Smartphone Addiction: Significance of Traditional Media

Hours can easily slip away as we scroll through our smartphones, flooded with an endless stream of information. Despite their convenience, m ...

Does ethics still exist in this world? Thinking through the insights of philosophers

Why do we feel that something is “wrong” when we see someone lying or hear discriminatory remarks? Could it be because ethics always resides ...

Associate Professor SHIOTSU Fumitaka commented on NHK WORLD-Japan’s Ethical Every Day, “New Farming for a Changing Climate”

Climate change continues, and heat is affecting crops. Some Japanese farmers are adjusting to compensate, like a citrus farmer growing subtr ...

Deciphering the law behind corporate scandal and innovation

Failure and fraud in corporate management, as well as the innovator’s dilemma. These phenomena may not be accidental but rather caused by in ...

No directors, no repairs … Considering the impending crisis of Japanese condominiums through French law

As the population ages, the management of condominiums is becoming a new social issue. Amid the risks of dilapidated housing, such as delinq ...

Is hard work rewarded in Japanese society?
– A subjective and statistical view of current economic inequality

Do you believe we live in a society where we can succeed by working hard? Or do you feel that success depends on luck or your birth? Since t ...

Professor YAMAWAKI Keizo commented in The Mainichi article titled, “Japan expert stresses need for foreign resident integration legislation based on national consensus”

TOKYO -- Policies regarding foreigners, such as accepting refugees and workers from abroad as well as inbound tourists, have become major po ...

Meiji University × Nature: “How our brains merge during collective triumph”

Our advertisement feature, "How our brains merge during collective triumph" by Prof. SHIMADA Sotaro (School of Science and Technology, Meiji ...

Professor MIYASHITA Homei was featured on NHK WORLD-Japan, in the Science and Nature program “Laugh Then Think: Japan’s Offbeat Science — Stun Your Tastebuds”

An electrified spoon can give a salty taste to foods, pleasing the palates of people on special diets. Miyashita Homei uses technology to re ...