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The AE method, a non-destructive testing technique to encourage objects to say, “Ouch!”
January 25, 2019
Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the deterioration of infrastructure facilities due to aging. However, it is reported that ther ...
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Why is government necessary? We would be lost without government but we must be careful not to depend on it too much
January 16, 2019
There are data telling us that the trust of government in Japan is overwhelmingly low compared to that in foreign countries. What is the cau ...
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Would the house you live protect you from earthquakes?
December 21, 2018
Severe earthquakes with magnitudes of around 6 have struck our country several times in 2018. Regarding Kanto and other regions today, peopl ...
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Meiji Ishin was accomplished by the painstaking hard work of many Sego-don
December 18, 2018
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Meiji Ishin (literally: “the great renewal of Meiji” ). The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) ha ...
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Financial literacy of general investor and IPO bubble
November 20, 2018
Recently, the opening prices of initial public offerings (IPOs) tend to exceed their public offering prices, and an image of IPOs as a profi ...
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From the 20th century to comfort of the 21st century: Smart communities are under way
November 13, 2018
Summer in Japan this year was scorching, with new record-high temperatures being set in various parts of the country. Japan was also hit har ...
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In truth, everyone knows that it’s not fun if one person always wins a game
November 8, 2018
Shinichi Nakazawa, Director of “Institut pour la Science Sauvage” of Meiji University, points out that the world today has started to be gam ...
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You could get arrested just for being named in a “plea bargain”
October 29, 2018
The Amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure came into force on June 1, 2018. It has introduced a so-called “plea-bargaining” system. How ...
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Did the “majority” make LGBT as “others?”
October 26, 2018
In recent years in Japan more and more municipalities have instituted a system officially allowing same-sex marriage. Some view that an unde ...