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EDITORIAL: Hyodo Governor Saito is unfit to serve as local government chief

EDITORIAL: Hyodo Governor Saito is unfit to serve as local government chief

A third-party committee is an independent and neutral panel established by an organization to investigate legal violations or improper conduct...

yesterday 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Trying to place a value on an art forgery that itself is a masterpiece

VOX POPULI: Trying to place a value on an art forgery that itself is a masterpiece

What, exactly, is the “value” of a work of art? I have been asking myself this question since I read an Asahi Shimbun story about the Tokushima...

yesterday 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Trump’s auto tariff a shocking assault on global trade system

EDITORIAL: Trump’s auto tariff a shocking assault on global trade system

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent increase in tariffs on all automobile imports, effective April 3, dealing far-reaching...

previous day 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Straight talk is not Hyogo Governor Saito’s forte

VOX POPULI: Straight talk is not Hyogo Governor Saito’s forte

I tell my spouse that I may be a bit late coming home tonight. My spouse: “You are not going out drinking—or are you?” Uh-oh. What would happen...

previous day 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Disbanding of Unification Church does not erase LDP’s sins

VOX POPULI: Disbanding of Unification Church does not erase LDP’s sins

A story that ran in The Asahi Shimbun three years ago was about a Kumamoto man whose wife was a follower of the former Unification Church. Going...

thursday 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Relief for victims of Unification Church remains a top priority

EDITORIAL: Relief for victims of Unification Church remains a top priority

The Tokyo District Court ordered on March 25 the dissolution of the former Unification Church, now officially known as the Family Federation for...

thursday 3

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Israel’s lethal attacks against journalists must cease at once

EDITORIAL: Israel’s lethal attacks against journalists must cease at once

We strongly condemn the inhumanity of the slaying of a journalist who persisted in reporting on the stark reality of a battleground. This...

26.03.2025 3

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: RIP Mohammed Mansour, may his words inspire empathy

VOX POPULI: RIP Mohammed Mansour, may his words inspire empathy

Every story 29-year-old Mohammed Mansour filed from Gaza contained something emotionally striking about how the people caught in this war are just...

26.03.2025 5

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Cherry blossom season is here, but there’s more to it than flowers

VOX POPULI: Cherry blossom season is here, but there’s more to it than flowers

Around this season, I am reminded of something I read in a junior high school textbook decades ago. It went to the effect that flowering sakura...

25.03.2025 1

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Joint Operations Command starts up with concerns to be addressed

EDITORIAL: Joint Operations Command starts up with concerns to be addressed

The Defense Ministry established the Joint Operations Command on March 24 to unify command of Japan’s Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces....

25.03.2025 1

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The Asahi Shimbun