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In a couple of months, typhoon season will arrive in Japan following rainy season. Last year, five typhoons made landfall in Japan during the...
The Lower House should demonstrate its commitment to the national creed by uniting to punish a member who has made outrageous remarks that make a...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has repeatedly called for “future-oriented relations” with Japan. We understand that his words were based on...
A new government plan to cope with the problem of growing ranks of people with dementia could create potentially harmful misconceptions and...
With the fabled ancient wall paintings at the Kitora Tomb set to be declared a national treasure, a new model should be established to preserve...
Revelations that the U.S. Sasebo naval base allowed Japanese security guards to carry firearms outside the facility raises serious questions about the...
More than a week after the deadly car crash that killed and injured about a dozen nursery school toddlers in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, a makeshift...
The world’s efforts to build a future without nuclear weapons are now at a critical juncture. Strong countervailing winds are blowing against the...
In Japan, a self-proclaimed pacifist nation, any Diet member who appears to justify war as a solution to territorial disputes simply is not qualified...
A new international agreement on plastic waste trade should be a first step toward fundamentally changing the way we use plastic products. Most...
The government is responsible for stating its stance clearly to audiences both at home and abroad on Japan’s goals and orientations, all the more...
North Korea’s provocative decision to resume missile tests could destroy all hopes of positive changes in the secluded country in light of a spate...
A third-year female junior high school student in Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture, committed suicide after leaving a note saying that members of the...
As the second half of this year’s regular Diet session has gotten under way, one big question concerning stalled Diet reform is facing all lawmakers...
With the completion of the long Golden Week holidays, everyone needs to pay attention to their mental and physical health, whether they took time off...
Japan Atomic Power Co.’s approach to seeking to restart its aging Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture will do little to ease...
The unified local elections held nationwide in April underscored perennially low voter turnout rates and a growing number of local assembly members...
A year ago, the leaders of North and South Korea walked hand in hand across the military border dividing one race into two nations for a historic...
The evacuation order for parts of Okuma, a town in Fukushima Prefecture where the crippled nuclear power plant is located, has been lifted. More than...
May 3 will mark the 32nd anniversary of a fatal shooting in The Asahi Shimbun's Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. On that day in 1987,...
In a ceremony marking his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, Naruhito, the new emperor of Japan, will issue a statement before the heads...
Emperor Akihito abdicates the throne on April 30. For the outgoing emperor, this is the day when his long “journey” to embody the role of the...
The government’s attempt to guide an industry in a desired direction often ends in failure. Now, we have yet another example of that general...
The government's long-term strategy for dealing with harmful climate change has little chance of winning broad public support because it is being...
The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) reprimanded yokozuna Hakuho on April 24 for calling on fans to join in a traditional Japanese “sanbon-jime”...
A bill to compensate people who were sterilized under a widespread and decades-long eugenics program was enacted on April 24 and immediately put into...
The central government has provided guidelines to local governments and businesses on how to react when a heightened “alert” is issued for a major...
The outcome of the Lower House by-election in Okinawa Prefecture on April 21 is a reminder of local voters’ indomitable will to refuse to give in to...
A World Trade Organization appeals panel has thwarted Japan’s quest to remove South Korea’s ban on Japanese seafood that was imposed following the...
Recent announcements by three electric utilities that they will miss the deadline for taking legally required anti-terrorism measures for their...
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, has started removing radioactive fuel rods from the fuel...
Japan and the United States recently held a first round of bilateral trade talks under an agreement reached between the leaders of the two countries...
As Japan and China continue to maintain open dialogue, we hope their improving relationship will develop into one of genuine mutual benefit. An...
The recent crash of an Air Self-Defense Force F-35A advanced stealth fighter jet has raised the question of whether Japan should continue buying more...
A black patch of nothingness inside a bright ring of red and orange--the first image of a black hole captured by humankind was little different from...
Japan is on the cusp of a new era of cancer care as the medical community focuses more on impressive advances in genomic medicine, the science of...
The resignation of Olympic minister Yoshitaka Sakurada came far too late given that he has made so many remarks since he assumed office in October...
People’s inherent and indisputable right to think and speak freely must never be restricted without good reason. From time to time, Asahi Shimbun...
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) on April 8 released a set of proposals concerning the nation’s power generation policy. The proposals cover a...
The outcomes of the first round of unified local elections have underscored, first and foremost, the weakness of the opposition. It was clearly...
Eight years on since the nuclear disaster, there are still many evacuees living away from their homes in other parts of the nation, unable to return...
Ichiro Tsukada fully deserved to lose his post as vice land minister over remarks about a shady practice concerning a local public works project that...
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has drafted a plan to introduce regulatory limits on overtime hours for doctors working at medical institutions...
A Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker recently used the highly stigmatized term “sontaku” in talking publicly about his efforts to upgrade a local...
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on April 2 approved a plan to dispatch two senior Ground Self-Defense Force officers to the Multinational...
One month before Crown Prince Naruhito ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne, the new “gengo” era name was decided and announced on April 1. Reiwa...
A panel of citizens has denounced prosecutors’ decision not to pursue a criminal case against government officials implicated in a scandal centered...
In the 41 prefectural assembly elections to be held on April 7 as part of this spring’s unified local elections, a record number of assembly members...
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