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Examining Japan’s position today through the German variant “Kiezdeutsch”
February 12, 2025
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a leading German newspaper, recently featured an article on a survey showing that Germans’ proficiency in Ge ...
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The Hidden connection between Africa and the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
January 30, 2025
Three years have passed since the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which bans the development, possession and use of nuclear we ...
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Japan’s export restrictions on South Korea from an economic security perspective: What have Japan and South Korea gained and lost?
November 21, 2024
The term “economic security” is trending. In Japan, the Act on the Promotion of Ensuring National Security Through Integrated Implementation ...
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Unknown battle between paternal grandparents and maternal grandparents having grandchildren in China amid the declining birthrate
October 7, 2024
The declining birthrate and aging population are out of control in Japan. Neighboring China is also facing a serious declining birthrate. Ch ...
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Germany shifts from “good role model” to “negative role model”
July 26, 2024
It was reported that Germany overtook Japan for the first time since 1969 in nominal GDP (gross domestic product) in 2023 in U.S. dollar ter ...
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Where the 2024 U.S. presidential election and overheated media competition are headed
July 8, 2024
The U.S. presidential campaign, held every four years, is now underway. The U.S. presidential election can broadly be divided into two phase ...
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Issue of politics, religion, and discrimination behind the abortion debate in the U.S.
May 30, 2024
In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (the Dobbs decision), invalidated Roe v. Wade decision ...
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What is the strategy of a Cold War deterring challenges to the global order?
November 27, 2023
In the middle of the prolonged war in Ukraine, President Zelensky visited Hiroshima in May 2023 and met with world leaders. In the meantime, ...
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The Olympics and its transformation of cities – from the planning in London, Tokyo, and Paris
October 31, 2023
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were full of excitement from the medal rush by Japanese athletes. However, we do not reflect so ...