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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 ...

Tasting is believing! FUJIMORI Shingo experiences something Surprising at the for ...

The ability to record and play back your own voice began with the phonograph, which was invented by Thomas Edison, and is now taken for gran ...

What Japan’s immigration policy left out

The Japanese government is taking steps to accept human resources from abroad and relax their residency status. A continued increase in the ...

Japanese cuisine (washoku) could be the key to solving the food problem!?

Zero hunger is one of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). In other words, people around the world are working together to eliminate hu ...

Achieving a happy life for people and their pets using intestinal bacteria

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount of time people spend at home has increased over the past few years, which has led to an increasin ...

Professor MIYASHITA Homei, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences at M ...

Professor MIYASHITA Homei, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences at Meiji University, and Project Associate Professor NAKAMURA H ...

Can the economy grow in Japan where the population continues to decline?

Japan is currently experiencing rapid depopulation. The population decreased by about 560,000 between October 2021 and October 2022. This nu ...

Root of the Problem: Exploring Host-Parasite interactions in Plants

Root parasitic plants, such as Striga and Orobanche, parasitize the roots of other plants, including important crops, such as rice, sorghum, ...

Can people be happy if they pursue convenience and efficiency?

I think many people believe that outdoor education is meaningful. However, we notice that it is difficult to answer deeper questions such as ...