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The AE method, a non-destructive testing technique to encourage objects to say, “Ouch!”

Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the deterioration of infrastructure facilities due to aging. However, it is reported that ther ...

Why is government necessary? We would be lost without government but we must be careful not to depend on it too much

There are data telling us that the trust of government in Japan is overwhelmingly low compared to that in foreign countries. What is the cau ...

Would the house you live protect you from earthquakes?

Severe earthquakes with magnitudes of around 6 have struck our country several times in 2018. Regarding Kanto and other regions today, peopl ...

The authenticity of the “top brands” as shown at Paris Fashion Week

From September 24th to October 2nd, Paris Fashion Week took place, where new collections for spring/summer 2019 were presented. It is an eve ...

Meiji Ishin was accomplished by the painstaking hard work of many Sego-don

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Meiji Ishin (literally: “the great renewal of Meiji” ). The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) ha ...

The number of system engineers in Japan is actually decreasing as computer programming education becomes more widely available!

Computer programming education will become mandatory in Japanese elementary schools from academic year 2020. While many people expect that t ...

Financial literacy of general investor and IPO bubble

Recently, the opening prices of initial public offerings (IPOs) tend to exceed their public offering prices, and an image of IPOs as a profi ...

The National Palace Museum of Taiwan is currently exhibiting 35 works of visual illusion by Professor SUGIHARA Kokichi, Director of the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences (MIMS)

Events related to the “Betwixt Reality and Illusion – Special Exhibition of Jades from the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty in the C ...

From the 20th century to comfort of the 21st century: Smart communities are under way

Summer in Japan this year was scorching, with new record-high temperatures being set in various parts of the country. Japan was also hit har ...