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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 ...
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Is the real threat to Asia not China or North Korea, but Japan?
August 22, 2018
After the Japan-U.S. Summit in November 2017, Japan promised to purchase various expensive military weapons from the United States. Threats ...
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Japan has outstanding agricultural technologies to combat climate change; will it help the world!?
August 9, 2018
Climate change attributable to global warming has impacted various aspects of our lives. In particular, crop failure caused by abnormal weat ...
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How could we continue to place information of Muslims in the “unwanted box?”
May 21, 2018
Since the September 11 attacks and the Islamic State’s killings of Japanese hostages, Japanese people have an image that Islam is a terrifyi ...
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If this goes on, Japan will be a major exporter of arms!!
April 4, 2018
The global arms trade has steadily grown and now reached the largest scale in the post-Cold War period. Japan is also turning into an arms e ...
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Thoughts on the image that “Islam is dangerous!”
March 12, 2018
Recently the image of Islam as a ringleader causing international terrorism has become stronger. Why are they so violent? Many people seem t ...
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Confronting the truth of gated communities and studying their “possibilities”
December 7, 2017
Increasing in the US in recent years, gated communities are regarded critically in Japan as communities where the wealthy gather and reside, ...