Society/Life
Society/Life
Is Internet addiction disorder changing the brain structure of modern people?
April 13, 2018
Today, “Internet addiction disorder” is said to be a serious problem. While it has been pointed out that absorption in the Internet can caus ...
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A Mindset for “Creating new society without intergenerational dependency” will make it possible to overcome the impasse of the public pension system
March 10, 2018
I very often hear the argument that Japan’s pay-as-you-go public pension system is at the end of its rope, due to the declining birthrate an ...
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Flaming of commercial messages is another fad phenomenon. What can be seen from it is…
March 9, 2018
The “Shingo Ryukogo Taisho (New Words and Buzzwords Awards)” is now an annual year-end event. Of course, fads not only involve words but tak ...
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“Okinawa promotion budget,” a misleading name
March 6, 2018
Around 70% of the U.S. military facilities and areas in Japan are concentrated in Okinawa, and the prefecture has been roiled by issues such ...
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Now, focusing on public libraries, which have been changing as a feature of regional revitalization
February 17, 2018
Public libraries have image as a place to borrow hobby and educational books or for students to study. Some of them have recently become a k ...
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Scenario to invigorate local towns through sports: Social innovation
January 30, 2018
Policymakers advocate regional revitalization, and people are enthusiastic about invigorating and revitalizing their towns and communities. ...
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People believe what they want to believe, so they are manipulated by fake news
January 29, 2018
In the 2016 US presidential election, then candidate Mr. Trump frequently used Twitter during his campaign, and this new campaign strategy r ...
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Psychiatric evaluation is not provided to help criminals
November 15, 2017
In the event of a major crime such as an unusual murder, psychiatric evaluation on the perpetrator is often provided. However, as Article 39 ...
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Disruption of the biological clock may ruin human beings!?
October 31, 2017
In recent years, we began to hear some new words, such as “chronotherapy,” “social jet lag,” and “body clock diet.” All of these words are c ...