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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 ...
Society/Life
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 ...
Society/Life
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 ...
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Today’s economics cannot explain the sustainability of the Jomon society!?
July 13, 2017
Recently, it is often said that archaeology is again experiencing a boom. One may dream and have romantic ideas about ancient Japan or try t ...
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From a society without the need for a nuclear power plant to an even more sustainable society
June 16, 2017
There was a big confusion in the summer of 2011, the year of the Great East Japan Earthquake, about possible electricity shortage. Six years ...
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Think about Limits of Intervention under Penal Code from Remittance Fraud
May 24, 2017
Special fraud including so-called remittance fraud never ceases to occur. According to an announcement by the National Police Agency, the am ...
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“The beginner’s mind is found many times in a lifetime”: the true meaning of Zeami’s words
April 14, 2017
Noh drama is said to have the longest history of any form of traditional theater worldwide which remains in existence, and has been designat ...