International

Future challenges surrounding the 300,000 International Students Plan

Are you familiar with a policy called the 300,000 International Students Plan? It can be described as a big project that involves not only t ...

“Japanese-style TPP” should be promoted to build an “East Asia Community”

Although agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was roughly reached in 2015, it is now deadlocked due to Trump’s announcement to a ...

Is “kawaii” fashion popular in France, too?

Japanese manga and anime have gained international recognition for some time now. In addition, the Japanese media often report that “kawaii, ...

Education, the One Thing that Cannot Be Taken Away—Fulfilling the Hopes of Palestinian Refugees

When Israel was founded following World War II, many Palestinians were forced from their homes and ended up refugees. They are still unable ...

Halting the Drift Toward Greater Hate Due to Trump’s Victory

Although Donald Trump became the 45th U.S. President on Friday, January 20, it was reported during the campaign that Hillary Clinton was fav ...

Could Mr. Trump’s Election Model be Applied to Japanese Elections Using the Internet?

In the 2016 American presidential election, Mr. Trump’s use of twitter was the subject of a lot of attention. Mr. Trump himself stated that ...

Given its precipitous acceptance of immigrants and present anti-democratic structures, the EU is faced with the threat of collapse

In October 2016, Prime Minister May of the United Kingdom stated that she would give notice to withdraw from the EU by March 2017. The negot ...

UK departure from EU may bring an end to EU’s history

The United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU) in a referendum, and negotiations for the UK’s departure will be started now ...

The South China Sea Arbitration handed down a severe ruling against China, which had challenged the rule of law without any explanation based on international law

On July 12, the Arbitral Tribunal instituted under Annex VII of the UNCLOS decided, on the case concerning the dispute between the Philippin ...