Society/Life
Create an expression for informed consent
October 6, 2016
I am sure most of you feel that these days, physicians give you a longer explanation than before when you receive treatment for an illness. ...
International
Can Brexit be a step toward the UK’s new successful history?
September 23, 2016
On June 23 of this year (2016), with 52% of votes in the referendum, the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU), which b ...
Society/Life
Preventing child abuse through society-wide childrearing support
September 21, 2016
The recent case of a 7-year-old boy being left behind in the mountains as an attempt at parental discipline, who subsequently became lost an ...
Society/Life
2020 Tokyo Olympics will become the best opportunity for the new Governor of Tokyo
August 29, 2016
The new Governor of Tokyo has been elected after the successive resignation of the former Governors, Naoki Inose and Yoichi Masuzoe, due to ...
Society/Life
The LGBT Boom Indicates a Transformation into a Society That Values Diversity
August 26, 2016
Have you ever heard the term “LGBT?” An initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, it is a generic term for a varie ...
Society/Life
The most effective measure against the declining birth rate is to create a gender-equal society
August 22, 2016
It has been some time since people began calling for measures against the declining birth rate. According to the 2015 Vital Statistics (anno ...
Business
Panama Papers: Breaking the Veil of Secrecy Surrounding Tax Havens
August 18, 2016
In April of this year (2016), a report came out that confidential documents listing corporate and transaction information of tax havens were ...
IT/Science
Scared? Convenient? It’s already begun—the society of AI on the job
July 26, 2016
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has been in the spotlight. People are talking a program that beat a master at the game of go, a hotel ...
International
What We Can Learn from NAFTA, a Suggestion for TPP
July 21, 2016
In 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada, and Mexico was enacted. There is something peculiar about M ...