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EDITORIAL: Universities must maintain a strict separation from defense research

yesterday 100

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VOX POPULI: May the joy of the game keep inspiring shogi’s latest trailblazer

yesterday 90

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VOX POPULI: Aboard a 24-hour train with 16 writers racing to create one novel

previous day 150

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EDITORIAL: Serious debate on imperial succession must begin now

monday 60

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VOX POPULI: What media fails to remember when protests turn violent

monday 80

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VOX POPULI: Time marches on, with or without a leap second to balance it for us

23.10.2026 80

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VOX POPULI: AI-assisted hacking a new hurdle for white hat cybersecurity

22.10.2026 100

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EDITORIAL: Path of society must be decided through dialogue with youth

21.10.2026 80

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VOX POPULI: The dramatic pleas that pitted Dazai against another writer

21.10.2026 200

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VOX POPULI: Takaichi’s quip on makeup says more about her than gender roles

20.10.2026 100

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EDITORIAL: Trump again prioritizes selfish interests over global solidarity

19.10.2026 90

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VOX POPULI: To the Hokkaido journalist behind bars in Russia: You are not alone

19.10.2026 100

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EDITORIAL: Russia sinks to another low with arrest of reporter from Japan

16.10.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Photojournalist documents a life in isolation at leprosy facility

16.10.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Global holiday or not, properly washing your hands is basic safety

15.10.2026 100

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INTERVIEW/ Nobel Peace Prize winner Pillay outraged by U.S. sanctions on ICC

14.10.2026 250

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EDITORIAL: Japan must act now to protect the ICC’s independence

14.10.2026 80

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VOX POPULI: Why is Yana still farm minister if he already failed to serve Tochigi?

14.10.2026 90

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VOX POPULI: Prudential Life scam dredges up old issues with insurance world

13.10.2026 150

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VOX POPULI: When a public pool closes, a community loses a public space

12.10.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Pasteur’s riddle finds a prepared mind generations later in Japan

09.10.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: It’s a digital age, but handwritten messages remain indispensable

08.10.2026 100

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EDITORIAL: Embattled farm minister Yana must be removed from his post

07.10.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: How many more Hind Rajabs faced the same cruelty in Gaza?

07.10.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: ‘Un-something’ smear needs to become a relic of the distant past

06.10.2026 100

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INTERVIEW/ Jacinda Ardern: Ex-New Zealand prime minister valued empathy, kindness

05.10.2026 100

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EDITORIAL: Todai must offer clarity on how it chose its new president

05.10.2026 200

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VOX POPULI: 16 novelists seek inspiration from the rails on night train to Matsue

05.10.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: The bitter cost, struggles behind keeping a family tofu shop afloat

02.10.2026 150

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VOX POPULI: To lead Okinawa means balancing desires of locals with Tokyo’s

01.10.2026 100

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EDITORIAL: Oversight vital for state control of intelligence agencies

30.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Young voices can change politics when policy does not stifle them

30.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Japan-China tensions sour 54th anniversary of restoring ties

29.09.2026 100

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EDITORIAL: Quota system among measures needed to lower gender disparity

28.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: When holy water turns deadly in Nepal, don’t blame the gods

28.09.2026 100

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EDITORIAL: Takaichi must act now to back her vocal support of the ICC

25.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Chiba levee break a new crack in system unfit for extreme weather

25.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Unregulated AI damns us with ‘two scorpions in a bottle’ dilemma

24.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Growing old makes one more keenly feel the weight of ‘today’

21.09.2026 150

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OPINION/ Japan’s history of exclusionism offers timeless lesson

20.09.2026 200

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VOX POPULI: Ueno exhibition explores ‘painter of the wayside’ Shigeo Egami

18.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Women must also support each other to shrink the gender gap

17.09.2026 100

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EDITORIAL: World cannot abandon climate change target in Paris Agreement

16.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: The inescapable border politics of U.N.’s world map rescale decision

16.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: The warnings were there long before ‘loyal’ AIs ever went rogue

15.09.2026 100

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EDITORIAL: Continued use of force deepens hatred, division after 9/11 attacks

14.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Guardian statue honors Japanese kids who died in Manchuria

14.09.2026 150

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INTERVIEW/ Yume Kitasei: NYC official talks about policy measures of Mayor Mamdani

13.09.2026 200

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VOX POPULI: Baseball great Isao Harimoto melded hardship into kindness

11.09.2026 100

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VOX POPULI: Akihiro Miwa’s advice shifts young woman’s approach to life

10.09.2026 100

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