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INTERVIEW/ Historian Masuda Hajimu: 'Social Warfare': An Undercurrent for Japan’s Road to War

yesterday 200

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INTERVIEW/ Scholar on gender issues: Takaichi the embodiment of contradictions of the ‘women’s era’

yesterday 70

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POINT OF VIEW/ Charles Crabtree: Japan’s first woman prime minister: A lot of talk, and ... ?

yesterday 30

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INTERVIEW/ Linguist Ryuichi Hotta: Don’t be obsessed with speaking ‘standard’ English

yesterday 40

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Furniture giant Nitori plans to reduce prices amid inflation

yesterday 150

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Japan’s policy response to foreign nationals missing key piece

yesterday 40

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VOX POPULI: Tale of Ukrainian beekeeper’s quest still mirrors our absurd world

yesterday 30

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VOX POPULI: Takaichi’s ‘thank you gifts’ toss public opinion out the window

yesterday 30

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VOX POPULI: A 1936 raid on the Asahi choked the paper instead of emboldening it

yesterday 30

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VOX POPULI: Tokyo’s history of double talk about Okinawa’s problems

yesterday 20

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VOX POPULI: The truth’s in the verse. Iranians don’t need Trump to ‘liberate’ them

yesterday 20

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VOX POPULI: JR’s 'Seishun 18' budget ticket still around 44 years after its debut

yesterday 30

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EDITORIAL: Takaichi should not push policy that could split nation in two

yesterday 30

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EDITORIAL: New Chudo head must present clear alternative to Takaichi

yesterday 30

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EDITORIAL: Myanmar election results are nothing but a pack of lies

yesterday 40

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EDITORIAL: U.S. Supreme Court tariff ruling confirms check on powers

yesterday 30

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EDITORIAL: NRA too chummy with utilities on anti-terrorism facilities

yesterday 30

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EDITORIAL: Assassination in Iran highlights the peril of force over diplomacy

yesterday 30

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VOX POPULI: JR’s 'Seishun 18' budget ticket still around 44 years after its debut

yesterday 20

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EDITORIAL: Assassination in Iran highlights the peril of force over diplomacy

previous day 30

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VOX POPULI: The truth’s in the verse. Iranians don’t need Trump to ‘liberate’ them

previous day 20

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VOX POPULI: What would we have written as Japan faced ruin at end of WWII?

sunday 40

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VOX POPULI: A deficit of police self-awareness as seen in 2,716 void traffic tickets

sunday 30

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VOX POPULI: Tale of Ukrainian beekeeper’s quest still mirrors our absurd world

sunday 20

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VOX POPULI: Takaichi’s ‘thank you gifts’ toss public opinion out the window

sunday 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: A 1936 raid on the Asahi choked the paper instead of emboldening it

sunday 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Tokyo’s history of double talk about Okinawa’s problems

sunday 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: New Chudo head must present clear alternative to Takaichi

sunday 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Myanmar election results are nothing but a pack of lies

sunday 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: U.S. Supreme Court tariff ruling confirms check on powers

sunday 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: NRA too chummy with utilities on anti-terrorism facilities

sunday 30

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VOX POPULI: Retrial system continues to betray those unjustly accused

13.02.2026 50

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VOX POPULI: Zodiac animals used to govern how Japan kept time pre-Meiji

12.02.2026 50

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VOX POPULI: Two-thirds of active voters did not cast ballots backing the LDP

10.02.2026 40

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EDITORIAL: Takaichi should not push policy that could split nation in two

09.02.2026 50

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VOX POPULI: A landslide win is still no excuse to cast aside opposing voices

09.02.2026 70

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VOX POPULI: Cultivation of ‘nodoguro’ great news for lovers of this tasty fish

07.02.2026 60

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VOX POPULI: Winter Olympics persevere, but for how much longer?

06.02.2026 60

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VOX POPULI: Ume blossoms signal the arrival of spring that is still in name only

05.02.2026 60

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EDITORIAL: Japan must not follow path of rule by force set by Trump's U.S.

04.02.2026 50

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VOX POPULI: World Cancer Day a reminder of some patients’ fight for input

04.02.2026 50

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VOX POPULI: National election held during snow season is absurd and dangerous

03.02.2026 60

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EDITORIAL: Differences with foreigners must be resolved for a diverse society

02.02.2026 50

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VOX POPULI: Takao Saito’s defiance eclipsed those upholding imperial ‘order’

02.02.2026 50

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VOX POPULI: Philosophical words of wisdom from Snufkin bring ray of light

31.01.2026 50

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VOX POPULI: 'Niban Senji' 'rakugo' playing out in election tax cut fervor

30.01.2026 50

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VOX POPULI: Laws, views on leprosy have progressed. Why reject a retrial?

29.01.2026 50

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Japan’s policy response to foreign nationals missing key piece

29.01.2026 70

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EDITORIAL: Politicians must face up to their responsibility for the future

28.01.2026 50

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VOX POPULI: Challenger and Fukushima tragedies undid ‘myths of safety’

28.01.2026 40

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