Career/Education

Is philosophy unrealistic?

Many people have the image that philosophy is not useful in the real world. At the same time, an increasing number of people believe that it ...

What we can understand from “it is natural for humans to be able to speak language”

We tend to think that Japanese grammar and English grammar are completely different, but do you know that they have common rules and regular ...

Will cities become more virtual due to COVID-19 led migration?

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has reportedly triggered an outflow of population from Tokyo to other prefectures. Looking at the data, howev ...

Would you like to know why a snow crystal is a beautiful hexagon?

Whenever you think of a crystal, many of you may image the form of a snow crystal displaying six sprouted arms. But why does a snow crystal ...

Museums have started to evolve into inclusive museums

It is said that the presentation techniques of museums (including resource centers, art museums, literature museums, science museums, etc.) ...

Is The Tale of Genji a serious story full of criticism?

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic made us stay home and restricted interaction with foreign countries, which promoted self-reflection. Many of ...

Animated geometric shapes and/or graphs changing in form with changing numbers will expand the world of mathematics

In Fiscal 2022, the revised National Curriculum Standards will come into effect for senior high school curriculum formulation. One of the fe ...

“Toxic” schools – overlooking the rights of children and of teachers

In recent years, “toxic” environments, in which different kinds of harassment take place, have been pointed out in various areas of society. ...

Don’t lose the sight of objectives: being successful in business communication

There has been increasing interest in communication skills in the workplace. Those who feel lack communication skills might become anxious. ...