Society/Life
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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 ...
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For future rural communities where women can be more active
October 13, 2017
These days, women active in the field of agriculture have been a hot topic with the development of agriculture into the sixth industry as we ...
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Is the conspiracy law full of problems due to the Olympics!?
October 5, 2017
The so-called “conspiracy” bill was railroaded into law in June this year. Although a wide range of discussions took place at that time, eve ...
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Significance of the Supreme Court’s Ruling over GPS-Assisted Investigations
October 2, 2017
In March of this year, the Supreme Court decided that GPS-assisted investigations by the police violated the right of privacy and that a new ...
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The importance of understanding Japan’s uniqueness or “society requiring sontaku”
September 20, 2017
Lately the word “sontaku” is used as if it were bad thing. This word originally means surmising others’ intentions or reading between the li ...
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Early Enactment of Legislation Regarding Medically Assisted Reproduction Needed for Welfare of Children
August 28, 2017
In 2014, 1 out of 21 children was born as a result of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Medically assisted reproduction such as by IVF is nothin ...
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The lay judge system is actually incompatible with the essence of justice!?
July 18, 2017
The lay judge system started in 2009 and this is its 8th year. According to the survey of the Supreme Court, year by year, there is an incre ...