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EDITORIAL: Bipartisan debate in Diet key to achieving tangible results

EDITORIAL: Bipartisan debate in Diet key to achieving tangible results
yesterday 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Casual words of wisdom have the power to enrich thirsty souls

VOX POPULI: Casual words of wisdom have the power to enrich thirsty souls
yesterday 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Dreams and efforts merge in Ichiro’s Hall of Fame honor

VOX POPULI: Dreams and efforts merge in Ichiro’s Hall of Fame honor
previous day 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Landmark ruling signals equal treatment for disabled workers

EDITORIAL: Landmark ruling signals equal treatment for disabled workers
previous day 10

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Proverbs are a panacea for columnist with writer’s block

VOX POPULI: Proverbs are a panacea for columnist with writer’s block
thursday 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Research to assess quake risks has proved to be inadequate

EDITORIAL: Research to assess quake risks has proved to be inadequate
thursday 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: New basic energy plan is flawed, needs more focus on renewables

EDITORIAL: New basic energy plan is flawed, needs more focus on renewables
22.01.2025 10

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Look for beauty in cherry trees year-round, not just in spring

VOX POPULI: Look for beauty in cherry trees year-round, not just in spring
22.01.2025 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Turbulent times call for a world order not fixated on Trump’s U.S.

EDITORIAL: Turbulent times call for a world order not fixated on Trump’s U.S.
21.01.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: With ‘groupie’ Cabinet, Trump has no obstacles this time around

VOX POPULI: With ‘groupie’ Cabinet, Trump has no obstacles this time around
21.01.2025 10

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Exploring the mysterious forking paths of Y-intersections

VOX POPULI: Exploring the mysterious forking paths of Y-intersections
20.01.2025 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Fuji TV scandal shows need for probe into sexual exploitation

EDITORIAL: Fuji TV scandal shows need for probe into sexual exploitation
20.01.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Gaza ceasefire deal should lead to swift supply of relief assistance

EDITORIAL: Gaza ceasefire deal should lead to swift supply of relief assistance
18.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Best of luck to everyone taking university entrance exams

VOX POPULI: Best of luck to everyone taking university entrance exams
18.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Volunteerism has grown—and changed—since 1995 Kobe quake

VOX POPULI: Volunteerism has grown—and changed—since 1995 Kobe quake
17.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Rethinking disaster relief on Hanshin quake anniversary

EDITORIAL: Rethinking disaster relief on Hanshin quake anniversary
17.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Taming of presidential powers in South Korea is key

EDITORIAL: Taming of presidential powers in South Korea is key
16.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Ishimaru’s new party sounds more like a business venture

VOX POPULI: Ishimaru’s new party sounds more like a business venture
16.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Studying the human race reveals our true human identity

VOX POPULI: Studying the human race reveals our true human identity
15.01.2025 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Japan must work toward equal partnership with ASEAN nations 

EDITORIAL: Japan must work toward equal partnership with ASEAN nations 
15.01.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Digital society changing time perception and social interaction 

EDITORIAL: Digital society changing time perception and social interaction 
14.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Canada’s 2008 Arctic scramble vs. Trump’s Greenland rant

VOX POPULI: Canada’s 2008 Arctic scramble vs. Trump’s Greenland rant
14.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Listen to views of foreign residents in designing inclusive society

EDITORIAL: Listen to views of foreign residents in designing inclusive society
13.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: ‘Fox-eyed man’ of Glico-Morinaga case intrigues after decades

VOX POPULI: ‘Fox-eyed man’ of Glico-Morinaga case intrigues after decades
13.01.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Only through reform can law schools perform core missions

EDITORIAL: Only through reform can law schools perform core missions
11.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: U.S. bases in Okinawa keep producing sexual predators

VOX POPULI: U.S. bases in Okinawa keep producing sexual predators
11.01.2025 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Social media further blurring the line between fact and fiction

VOX POPULI: Social media further blurring the line between fact and fiction
10.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Carter’s human rights diplomacy still a beacon for divided world 

EDITORIAL: Carter’s human rights diplomacy still a beacon for divided world 
10.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Small actions by individuals add up in battle with climate change

EDITORIAL: Small actions by individuals add up in battle with climate change
09.01.2025 10

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Jimmy Carter sounded the alarm after Jan. 6 insurrection

VOX POPULI: Jimmy Carter sounded the alarm after Jan. 6 insurrection
09.01.2025 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Being able to ask for help is its own form of trust and respect

VOX POPULI: Being able to ask for help is its own form of trust and respect

When you are in deep trouble, are you able to turn to someone for help? When you realize you just can’t cope on your own, can you ask someone,...

08.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: KHI fund shows need for SDF-business tie-ups to be torpedoed

EDITORIAL: KHI fund shows need for SDF-business tie-ups to be torpedoed

A full picture has emerged of a systemic scam that was perpetrated by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. to maintain “mutually beneficial” relations...

08.01.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Another year of perilous journeys for the crew of Spaceship Earth

VOX POPULI: Another year of perilous journeys for the crew of Spaceship Earth

Science fiction writer Shinichi Hoshi (1926-1997) used to write on his “nengajo” (New Year’s greeting card) to his friends, “This year, too,...

07.01.2025 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Biden’s rejection of U.S. Steel deal is xenophobic for no clear reason

EDITORIAL: Biden’s rejection of U.S. Steel deal is xenophobic for no clear reason

It is difficult to accept the U.S. government's intervention, without a rational explanation, in a corporate acquisition deal already agreed upon by...

07.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Steady economic growth needs better corporate governance

EDITORIAL: Steady economic growth needs better corporate governance

A growing chorus within the political sphere is calling for a reduction in the income tax and in social insurance contribution burdens. The...

06.01.2025 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: ‘Tariff’ is a metaphor for closing borders and minds

VOX POPULI: ‘Tariff’ is a metaphor for closing borders and minds

Donald Trump, who is about to become the president of the United States for a second time, said the following a couple of months ago: “To me, the...

06.01.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Minority ruling camp a chance for in-depth debate in Diet

EDITORIAL: Minority ruling camp a chance for in-depth debate in Diet

The grinding gears of politics seem to be slowly meshing once more. In the two months since the formation of a minority government, the Diet is...

04.01.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Celestial show in the night sky is something to behold

VOX POPULI: Celestial show in the night sky is something to behold

There are countless fixed stars in the firmament, but Sei Shonagon (c.966-c.1025) named only the Pleiades star cluster and Altair as her favorites...

04.01.2025 4

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Innocent lives in peril with world moral compass out of whack

Even wars have rules. Are we on the cusp of an era when we speak of this basic principle in the past tense? Eighty years have passed since the last...

03.01.2025 6

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: At Kyoto shrine, matchmaking god can see even ‘private’ prayers

Aioi-no-yashiro, a small shrine on the grounds of Shimogamo Jinja Shrine in Kyoto, is known to have a “god of matchmaking” as its guardian deity....

03.01.2025 5

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Scrutiny of politics more crucial in age of uncertainty

We feel uneasy. We have a premonition of turbulence, but we can’t quite put our finger on it. An unusually unpredictable new year has dawned. The...

02.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Noto fisherman stays in depleted, quake-damaged hometown

What makes people miss their hometown? Is it because that’s where their cherished family memories belong? Or do they long to see the warm smiles...

02.01.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Devaluation of defense budget necessitates new scrutiny by Diet

The Cabinet has approved a draft initial budget for fiscal 2025, the third year of the government’s five-year plan to spend a total of 43 trillion...

30.12.2024 7

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: A year after the quake, the scars of Okunoto heal slowly, painfully

I recently visited Okunoto, the northernmost area on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. The Sea of Japan, whipped by chilly winter winds,...

30.12.2024 7

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Forceful way Futenma base is being relocated a national disgrace

The forced relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within Okinawa Prefecture serves as a stark example of how the pursuit of “...

28.12.2024 5

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: A future with no gorillas in Japanese zoos could be in cards

Chiba, Ueno, Hamamatsu, Inuyama, Higashiyama and Kyoto. If your reaction to this list of place names is “Aha,” you must be a bona fide gorilla...

28.12.2024 3

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Airport safety steps vital before final report on Haneda collision

Thanks to several strokes of luck, no one aboard the Japan Airlines passenger jet died in the collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda...

27.12.2024 8

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Nations attacking the ICC are bullies that refuse rule of law

In her opening remarks at the 23rd Session of the Assembly of States Parties on Dec. 2 in The Hague, Judge Tomoko Akane, the president of the...

27.12.2024 5

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Though horrific, the Indian Ocean tsunami ended a 3-decade war

Exactly 20 years ago, a magnitude-9.1 earthquake occurred on Dec. 26 off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The resulting tsunami struck nations in...

26.12.2024 5

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Japan, China can work together for regional peace and stability 

We welcome the emerging willingness among policymakers in both Japan and China to expand bilateral dialogue as a first step toward improving...

26.12.2024 6

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The Asahi Shimbun