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Can the Renminbi be Termed an International Currency? – The Need to Strengthen China’s Financial System
March 9, 2016
The decision taken at a meeting of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held in November of last year (2015) to incl ...
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Use of Separate Surnames by Married Couples, Assisted Reproductive Technology, and Human Rights -Development of the laws needed to guarantee the happiness of diverse families
March 7, 2016
The Supreme Court of Japan will decide the constitutionality of the current laws governing use of same surnames by a married couple and esta ...
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What are the Unexpected “Perks” of the Reduced Tax Rate?
March 3, 2016
The consumption tax is scheduled to be increased to 10% beginning April 2017, and along with it is the scheduled introduction of the reduced ...
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Let’s Wake Up from the Dream that is Abenomics
March 2, 2016
It has been 3 years since the birth of the Abe administration on November 2012. In that time, an economic policy called Abenomics has been p ...
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The birth of a system with a decisive influence on the future of Japanese agriculture
March 1, 2016
With the approach of effectuation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, there were apprehensions regarding the security of Japan ...
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The Background to the Right to Vote at 18 and the Functional Decline of Representative Democracy: The Qualities Required of Us as Citizens
February 26, 2016
The voting age has been lowered to 18. What kind of aims were behind this decision? And will this curb the alienation of young people from p ...
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Questioning the process of discussions on the Security-related Bills
February 25, 2016
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intervened in the personnel affairs of the Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau, something that no P ...
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Putting War Memories to Use for the Sake of the Future
February 24, 2016
With war memories, there is a tendency to pass down only the victim side of the story. It is only when we turn and focus on the whole pictur ...
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Take a Look at the Hidden Risk of My Number
February 23, 2016
The My Number system was implemented in January of this year (2016). There are still arguments for and against it, and the biggest concern i ...