List of Articles
International
Was populism dismissed in the wake of the 2017 French presidential election?
September 27, 2017
On May 7, 2017, voting in the second round of the French presidential election took place, and pro-European Union Emmanuel Macron was electe ...
Society/Life
The importance of understanding Japan’s uniqueness or “society requiring sontaku”
September 20, 2017
Lately the word “sontaku” is used as if it were bad thing. This word originally means surmising others’ intentions or reading between the li ...
Press Releases
Just released: “Incredible Senseis at Meiji University,” a new video series showcasing Meiji’s world-class research!
September 14, 2017
Meiji University has created a series of promotional videos, “Incredible Senseis at Meiji University,” and launched a landing page to tell t ...
Society/Life
Early Enactment of Legislation Regarding Medically Assisted Reproduction Needed for Welfare of Children
August 28, 2017
In 2014, 1 out of 21 children was born as a result of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Medically assisted reproduction such as by IVF is nothin ...
Business
“The distribution crisis is a new business opportunity” from a logistics perspective
August 24, 2017
The distribution crisis has now become a social problem. The number of packages for home delivery in FY2015 was approx. 3.7 billion and that ...
IT/Science
Challenging the wall of 1/100 second, aiming for an effective hearing aid for the elderly
July 20, 2017
Japan is now becoming an aged society, where one in four people is a person aged 65 years or over. Mechanisms to support functions of the bo ...
Society/Life
The lay judge system is actually incompatible with the essence of justice!?
July 18, 2017
The lay judge system started in 2009 and this is its 8th year. According to the survey of the Supreme Court, year by year, there is an incre ...
Society/Life
Today’s economics cannot explain the sustainability of the Jomon society!?
July 13, 2017
Recently, it is often said that archaeology is again experiencing a boom. One may dream and have romantic ideas about ancient Japan or try t ...
International
America’s sense of crisis pushed Trump to presidency
June 23, 2017
While the preliminary polls for the United States presidential election in 2016 favored Hillary Clinton, it was Donald Trump who won the ele ...