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 ...
IT/Science
Artificial Intelligence That Evolves Marketing
July 20, 2016
Do you remember the term “big data”? At the beginning of this decade, the media often used the term, yet we seldom hear it these days. In re ...
IT/Science
New Research to Uncover Infertility Mechanism
July 8, 2016
Herpes virus is known as the cause of herpes, a disease with symptom of painful or itchy, small blisters around the lips and on the genitals ...
Society/Life
Reading literary texts of Natsume Soseki from the viewpoint of “urban space” on the centennial of his death
June 27, 2016
The year 2016 marks the centennial of the death of Natsume Soseki, a literary legend. Soseki wrote many literary texts on the subject of rom ...
Society/Life
What is Seen from the “Back Side” of Nuclear Lawsuits
June 17, 2016
In 2016, different decisions were made in two lawsuits for the suspension of nuclear power plants. One of them is a temporary injunction iss ...
International
The situations of inbound and outbound tourists have reversed in Japan. What should Japan do now to become a Tourism Nation?
June 11, 2016
According to an announcement by the Japan Tourism Agency, the number of foreign tourists who visited Japan (inbound tourists) in 2015 was 19 ...
Career/Education
Wave of Ethnography in Japan
May 10, 2016
Do you all know what “ethnography” is? Originally, it was a method of research used by cultural anthropologists in studying unknown ethnic g ...
Business
Taking another look at governance in light of Toshiba accounting scandal
March 25, 2016
At a general meeting of its stockholders in June 2015, Toshiba Corporation admitted “accounting improprieties.” Thereafter, it became clear ...
International
What Japan can learn from the U.S. presidential election
March 23, 2016
2016 is a presidential election year for the United States of America. The United States has great power of influence worldwide, and the que ...