Society/Life
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Thinking about human-to-human communication through human-machine interactions
July 26, 2021
It has been said that the 2020 coronavirus pandemic has significantly changed the way we communicate. This may continue even after the coron ...
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Transitions accelerated by the spread of COVID-19
July 20, 2021
About transition studies I have been focusing on “transition” as a study of policy processes. In the Japanese language, it...
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COVID-19 and Environmental Issues – Climate Change and Others
July 14, 2021
Effects of COVID-19 on climate change issues As you know, efforts to control COVID-19 are trade-offs with economic activities. Due...
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What is needed to make renewable energy a common resource
July 9, 2021
Recently, in order to achieve a zero-CO₂ emissions society by 2050, the target to increase the renewable energy ratio from the current 15% t ...
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Decision-making and Policy – From the viewpoint of economics
July 7, 2021
Here, let us think about decision-making in policy decisions from the viewpoint of economics.
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Social Security and Administrative Governance after COVID-19
July 1, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has passed through the first wave (peaking in late April 2020), the second wave (peaking in early August 2020), and th ...
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Japanese society is facing a crisis: not an aging society with a declining birthrate, but a super-aging society with a declining birthrate
June 21, 2021
It is often reported that Japan is facing a rapidly aging society with a low birth rate. It is also said that if this situation continues, t ...
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Does behavioral economics make people free, or does it make us dependent?
June 2, 2021
We have recently started hearing the term “behavioral economics”. Behavioral economics became widely known when its original proponent, Rich ...
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Visualization of secure and comfort by building simulation
March 29, 2021
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic increased interest in indoor ventilation. Actually, in building design, ventilation has been considered mainl ...