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VOX POPULI: Kumamoto marathon evokes the city’s spirit of recovery, hope

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: We cannot ignore the growing risk of nations using nuclear weapons

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The Asahi Shimbun

POINT OF VIEW/ Head of USFJ says BOCC serves as alliance’s ‘true nerve center’

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The Asahi Shimbun

A-bomb scientist Franck, critical of its use, leaves enduring legacy

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: The ‘Orizuru Girl’ was one of so many lives the A-bomb cut short

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: For Eiji Bando, baseball evoked survival rather than love of sport

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Every effort needed to prevent disaster-related deaths

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The Asahi Shimbun

OPINION/ Joint yen intervention exposes fragile US bond market

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Impromptu ‘kakigori’ stall a bright spot amid quake cleanup

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Japan’s disaster shelter system is in dire need of a total overhaul

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: How dare Trump cite human rights for latest round of trade penalties

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Like rain, sudden tax cuts do not fall evenly on an unequal society

31.07.2026 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Aeon Mall Kumamoto now an empty shell of former comfort

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Disarray in Kumamoto triggers anxious memories of 2016

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Koizumi sets stage for review of non-nuclear principles

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: How Japan’s knotty addresses can leave even mail carriers lost

28.07.2026 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Thoughts that linger 10 years after stabbings at disability center

28.07.2026 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Takaichi’s self-righteousness disrespected Diet proceedings

28.07.2026 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

OPINION/ Disarmament must not be forgotten as the world rearms

25.07.2026 80

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: An optimized life does not always make for an enriching one

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Hungarian state TV’s apology also a reminder for global media

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: South China Sea dispute must be settled through rules, dialogue

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Chilled Cup Noodle released as planet enters a boiling hot era

22.07.2026 150

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Even in the darkness, Gaza not forgotten at FIFA World Cup

21.07.2026 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Words sealed inside Buddhist statue read again after 800 years

20.07.2026 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Mark Lilla: MAGA flourishes when ‘hunger for ignorance’ spreads in U.S.

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Musings on Ultraman and justice 60 years after TV debut

17.07.2026 80

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: 40 years on, humankind has learned nothing from Chernobyl

16.07.2026 80

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: No sympathy for LDP flippancy toward chair’s extortion claims

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Can autonomous decisions be made using foreign AI tech?

16.07.2026 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Marine Rescue Japan says to make like a squid in choppy waters

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Gen AI always has answers, but it’s no match for critical thinking

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: All sides to blame for reckless imperial house bill passage

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Impending bill to revise Imperial House Law must be stopped

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: A century-old Okinawan community holds fast in Yokohama

10.07.2026 90

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Author Akiko Hayashi knew exactly how to portray children

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: China’s SLBM test-firing only inflames tensions in the region

08.07.2026 90

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: What would Maradona have said to World Cup meddling?

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Leaders appear set on imperial line reinforcing the patriarchy

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: China’s new ethnic unity law should not carry weight abroad

06.07.2026 90

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Somber thoughts that rise under skies painted with fireworks

06.07.2026 90

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The Asahi Shimbun

OPINION: Firms must work harder to protect employees they send abroad

03.07.2026 100

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Simple gestures sometimes hold more meaning than words alone

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Aso’s personal gain in imperial law change sours the entire process

02.07.2026 90

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The Asahi Shimbun

OPINION: FIFA’s World Cup ticket pricing scheme counters its chartered goal

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Palantir’s ‘seeing stone’ casts authoritarian shadow over AI

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: The dangers of passing a law to ban desecration of the Hinomaru

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Links across time with Lucy and the Beatles’ debut in Japan

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Government insists on only patrilineal males taking the throne

29.06.2026 100

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Akihiro Miwa taught Japan the magnificence of standing out

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The Asahi Shimbun