Society/Life
You could get arrested just for being named in a “plea bargain”
October 29, 2018
The Amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure came into force on June 1, 2018. It has introduced a so-called “plea-bargaining” system. How ...
Society/Life
Did the “majority” make LGBT as “others?”
October 26, 2018
In recent years in Japan more and more municipalities have instituted a system officially allowing same-sex marriage. Some view that an unde ...
International
“Aging” Japan vs. Africa, the “youngest continent” in the world
October 24, 2018
The recent remarkable economic growth in the countries in Africa has been frequently reported by the media in Japan. This does not seem to b ...
Press Releases
Professor SUGIHARA Kokichiʼs Original Optical Illusion wins the first prize at the “Best Illusion of the Year Contest, 2018”
October 23, 2018
The Director of the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences (MIMS), Professor Kokichi Sugihara, successfully took first ...
Society/Life
Is a legal framework needed to prevent damage from torrential rains!?
October 19, 2018
CO2 emissions reduction has been a global issue. Japan set a goal to cut emissions by 26.0％ by 2030 from its 2013 level by ensuring emission ...
IT/Science
Your own beautiful characters can be created, while making the most of handwritten characters
October 16, 2018
While computers have drastically reduced the effort needed for people to write characters, typed characters lack personality compared to han ...
Career/Education
Adults’ ingenious ideas make children geniuses at foreign language
October 5, 2018
In the new Course of Study, scheduled to be implemented in FY2020, foreign language (English) study will become a compulsory subject for upp ...
IT/Science
Is Cash Obsolete?
October 4, 2018
FinTech refers to the synthesis of finance and technology delivering innovative financial services. It has attracted increasing attention in ...
Society/Life
Declining marriage and ever-increasing childlessness – Japan’s future will be lost if nothing is done
October 3, 2018
Japan’s very low fertility has entered a new phase. The annual births in 2016 were 977,000, a decrease of 29,000 from the previous year, goi ...