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There are effective support programs preventing people from reattempting suicide
February 7, 2020
According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), Japan has the highest suicide rate among seven major developed nations. Suic ...
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Will shorter working hours for doctors lead to better health care?
January 21, 2020
Recent years have seen growing efforts to rectify the notorious practice of working long hours in Japan. Yet the Japanese government exclude ...
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Museums are full of new discoveries and wonderful encounters
December 24, 2019
In September 2019, Kyoto hosted the general conference of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The agenda item that attracted specia ...
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Do koji molds that produce Japan’s unique fermented foods exist only in this country?
December 13, 2019
Today, many fermented foods are around us in Japan. They include miso (fermented soybean paste), shoyu (soy sauce), natto (fermented soybean ...
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For the increasing numbers of elderly persons living alone to enjoy life
November 12, 2019
In April of 2019, the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research announced that the number of households in which the hea ...
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Let’s think about the added benefits instead of added burdens caused by a tax increase
November 6, 2019
Japan’s consumption tax has been raised to 10 percent. Until it was raised, debate on the introduction of a reduced tax rate and reward poin ...
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Local governments’ attitude of responding to “the present” and creating “the future” as reflected in their draft budget
October 30, 2019
Tokyo outstrips New York or London or even Sweden in terms of budget scale. The draft budget of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) amou ...
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The mystery of wanting to distinguish between male and female
October 23, 2019
These days, we increasingly more often come across expressions like LGBT and gender identity disorder in the media. Although it seems as if ...
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Who will be affected by counterfeits infringing intellectual property?
October 10, 2019
In recent years, intellectual property issues including piracy have come under focus, and various policies including legal revisions have be ...