What is the strategy of a Cold War deterring challenges to the global order?

In the middle of the prolonged war in Ukraine, President Zelensky visited Hiroshima in May 2023 and met with world leaders. In the meantime, ...

Meiji University × Nature: “Eliminating Africa’s parasitic ‘witch weed’”

Our advertisement feature "Eliminating Africa’s parasitic ‘witch weed’" - Dr. SETO Yoshiya (Associate Professor at the School of Agriculture ...

Why is philosophical thinking relevant in business?

In recent years, there has been a growing trend to apply philosophical thinking to business. It is not rare that global companies invite phi ...

Understanding yourself through psychology can change your future self

Extremely low interest rates have continued for a long time in Japan. One of the intentions behind the financial policy was to encourage a s ...

Legislation to improve the working environment for minorities

The problems arising from labor under an employer’s jurisdiction were once confined to the domestic context. Even the Labor Standards Act, e ...

Significance of sustaining agriculture in hilly and mountainous areas; it is more than production efficiency

Hilly and mountainous areas indicate areas including both mountainous areas and halfway areas connecting mountainous areas and plains. In ot ...

The Olympics and its transformation of cities – from the planning in London, Tokyo, and Paris

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were full of excitement from the medal rush by Japanese athletes. However, we do not reflect so ...

Potential of EVs to align SDGs with business

Now, the world is advancing towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. In pursuit of this goal, Japan is swiftly advancing the adoption of ...

Decentralization and local governments/regions in the post-corona era

Decentralization has been promoted in Japan since the late 1990s. On the other hand, the move toward centralization of power as a countermea ...