Society/Life
Society/Life
Can Japan break away from being an “underdeveloped country” in women’s political participation?
September 27, 2018
In May 2018, the “Act on Promotion of Gender Equality in the Political Field ,” which aims to achieve gender parity in the number of candida ...
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Democracy and Militarism: Can they coexist?
July 23, 2018
This April, a major of the Joint Staff Office in the Ministry of Defense used abusive language against a member of the Diet on the street. T ...
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Does insurance save small and medium-sized enterprises in the disaster-prone country of Japan?
June 28, 2018
Studies to verify the reconstruction have advanced as seven years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in 2011. Among ...
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Almost half of the cancer risk factors can be prevented: Be aware of this fact!
June 26, 2018
Since 1981, cancer (malignant neoplasm) was the leading cause of death in Japan. Cancer tends to be considered an illness that leads to deat ...
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“Kawaii” is the mainstream of Japanese aesthetics; encompassing a nuance of grotesque and infiltrating the surroundings
June 25, 2018
“Kawaii” has become an internationally accepted Japanese word. Because this adjective is frequently used by Japanese teenage girls, it is of ...
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Let’s start a philosophy that changes the pathetic to humorous
April 23, 2018
Philosophy seems to be attracting some attention these days. The rapid development in AI and IT has transformed our society, while simultane ...
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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 ...