International
Japan’s cooperation to Africa and the future of Japanese economy
September 27, 2019
The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) began in Yokohama on August 28 to discuss African economic devel ...
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Meiji University × CNNIC：“The Magic of Math”
September 26, 2019
“The Magic of Math” - Dr. Kokichi Sugihara (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences) h ...
International
Enhanced local autonomy as a driving force for modern democracy
September 25, 2019
In recent years, some disputes between national and local governments have come into the spotlight. The United Kingdom has decided to leave ...
Career/Education
Beyond the pros and cons of the current introduction of Morals to compulsory education
September 6, 2019
Morals was made an official subject for elementary schools from April 2018, and it will also become one for junior high schools in 2019. Thi ...
Society/Life
Wishes appropriate for the new era contained in the name “Reiwa,” which was drawn from the Japanese poetry anthology the Man’yoshū
September 4, 2019
Japan entered the Reiwa era on May 1, 2019. Since its announcement, the new era name has been favorably accepted for the most part, and has ...
IT/Science
Biological chemistry contributes to “medical care for a better life”
September 3, 2019
The progress of medical technologies has been remarkable in recent years. Among them, biological chemistry plays a part in the great driving ...
IT/Science
A comfortable-to-use tool is no longer a “tool”
August 28, 2019
Nowadays, more and more digital equipment devices are all around us. This trend means that more and more things are being automated, making ...
Society/Life
Workstyle reform is for the “right to work in a way suited to each of us”
August 9, 2019
Starting this April, workstyle reform-related laws have been coming into force sequentially. Even though there are criticisms and concerns e ...
International
Why do the French continue to organize protest demonstrations?
August 9, 2019
Protests that started in November 2018 across France were widely reported in the Japanese media for a time. The impetus behind these protest ...