Society/Life

Japan’s New “My Number” ID Numbering System:Will it be able to balance privacy and the public interest?

Japan’s new “My Number” ID numbering system will begin in January 2016. It is likely that many people still are unaware of this fact even th ...

Advice from History for Today’s Society of Increasing Violence -Trends in Society from the Edo Period to the Closing Days of the Tokugawa Shogunateand the Role of Yoshida Shoin-

There are various types of violence, from bullying to war. Today, there is a strong tendency among people and society toward violence conduc ...

Civil Partnership Regulations and the Diverse Nation of Japan: Inward-Looking Patriotism is Bad for Japan

On April 1, 2015, Japan’s first civil partnership regulation was enacted in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward (Ordinance for Promoting Respect of Gender ...

Meiji University’s Current Efforts to Support Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake -Ensuring That Memories of the Disaster Do Not Fade –

Post-Disaster Reconstruction Support under the Direct Supervision of the President — Almost 4 years have passed since the Great East...

Folk Culture is the Starting Point for “Regional Creation” – Recommendations Based on the Relationship between Community Resilience and Traditional Performing Arts and Festivals-

Above All, Listen to Authentic Local Voices With centralization in Tokyo progressing even further and amid the publication of reports...

Toward New Disaster-Resilient Community Development -An Approach Based on “Pre-Disaster Restoration”-

Twenty years have passed since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and four years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. Over this period, th ...

Let’s Live a Theatrical Live -and Give Up Our Daily Life Holed Up in Social Media-

Our Society is a Huge Theater As long as we live, we constantly have to express our own thoughts through...

Striking a blow at the issue of Japan’s declining birthrate -Causes lie in the increasing tendency towards unmarried, late marriage, and late childbirth-

Japan's continuously declining birthrate is a serious issue greatly impacting social security as well as the overall economy. I am a member ...

Cutting Edge of Risk Management in Financial Institutions and its Pitfalls -Toward Use of Quantitative Methods Considering their Theoretical Limits-

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Cutting Edge of Risk Management I have many years’ experience working as an actuary at a...