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Japan’s cooperation to Africa and the future of Japanese economy
September 27, 2019
The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) began in Yokohama on August 28 to discuss African economic devel ...
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Enhanced local autonomy as a driving force for modern democracy
September 25, 2019
In recent years, some disputes between national and local governments have come into the spotlight. The United Kingdom has decided to leave ...
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Why do the French continue to organize protest demonstrations?
August 9, 2019
Protests that started in November 2018 across France were widely reported in the Japanese media for a time. The impetus behind these protest ...
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Social cohesiveness also generates prejudice. Release yourself more freely!!
July 16, 2019
A society is its language. As you study the language of a certain country, its society will come into view. Then, how does Japanese society ...
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The power of education is needed to accept more foreign workers successfully
June 18, 2019
The revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (“Immigration Control Act”) passed in December 2018 and will come into force in ...
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The message contained in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Volunteers
March 25, 2019
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are now a little over one year away. Amid rising interest in athletes who are expected to do wel ...
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Does globalization make people free? Does it jeopardize identity?
March 8, 2019
In the wake of the recent global events, including the Brexit vote, neo-liberalism in the US, and the rise of right-wing politics in various ...
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“Aging” Japan vs. Africa, the “youngest continent” in the world
October 24, 2018
The recent remarkable economic growth in the countries in Africa has been frequently reported by the media in Japan. This does not seem to b ...
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We, as Japanese, do not want to hold our tongues on “Japan’s Annexation of Korea”
August 23, 2018
The Inter-Korean Summit Meeting and the U.S.-North Korea Summit Meeting were held sequentially, paving the way for the denuclearization of t ...