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EDITORIAL: To expand solar panel utilization, recycling system urgently needed

EDITORIAL: To expand solar panel utilization, recycling system urgently needed
yesterday 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Ito mayor’s farce is right out of this old series starring idiots

VOX POPULI: Ito mayor’s farce is right out of this old series starring idiots
yesterday 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric summed up the far right’s ‘brand’ of hate

VOX POPULI: Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric summed up the far right’s ‘brand’ of hate
previous day 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Farewell to famed racehorse Haru Urara, who lost all 113 races

VOX POPULI: Farewell to famed racehorse Haru Urara, who lost all 113 races
13.09.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Autumn’s silver lure of the sea, its flavor bolder in its symbolism

VOX POPULI: Autumn’s silver lure of the sea, its flavor bolder in its symbolism
12.09.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Mayors cannot evade scandals by dissolving assemblies

EDITORIAL: Mayors cannot evade scandals by dissolving assemblies
11.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Dismay and surprise after escalation of protests in Nepal

VOX POPULI: Dismay and surprise after escalation of protests in Nepal
11.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: LDP leadership race risks being a rerun instead of a ‘rebirth’

VOX POPULI: LDP leadership race risks being a rerun instead of a ‘rebirth’
10.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: New policy for foreigners should focus on smooth integration

EDITORIAL: New policy for foreigners should focus on smooth integration
10.09.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Mayumi Narita was a force of nature in and out of the water

VOX POPULI: Mayumi Narita was a force of nature in and out of the water
09.09.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Takashi Mikuriya: Under current politics, Japan faces desolate, rudderless future

INTERVIEW/ Takashi Mikuriya: Under current politics, Japan faces desolate, rudderless future
08.09.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Public ignored in internal LDP power struggle to oust Ishiba

EDITORIAL: Public ignored in internal LDP power struggle to oust Ishiba
08.09.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Ishiba’s exit leaves Japan at possible juncture in ideologies

VOX POPULI: Ishiba’s exit leaves Japan at possible juncture in ideologies
08.09.2025 80

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Mourning Giorgio Armani, the true ‘king’ of fashion

VOX POPULI: Mourning Giorgio Armani, the true ‘king’ of fashion
06.09.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Elevator slaying shatters sense of safety for women across Japan

VOX POPULI: Elevator slaying shatters sense of safety for women across Japan
05.09.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Xi-Putin-Kim photo may be one for the history books

VOX POPULI: Xi-Putin-Kim photo may be one for the history books
04.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Troubled LDP has not drawn up a road map for revitalizing itself

EDITORIAL: Troubled LDP has not drawn up a road map for revitalizing itself
03.09.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Is post-election LDP infighting just a 'kyogen'-style farce?

VOX POPULI: Is post-election LDP infighting just a 'kyogen'-style farce?
03.09.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: The diplomat who ‘saved’ Japan by taking accountability

VOX POPULI: The diplomat who ‘saved’ Japan by taking accountability
02.09.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Kanto quake and today’s ballot box show perils of stoking fear

VOX POPULI: Kanto quake and today’s ballot box show perils of stoking fear
01.09.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Create a stable environment to stop dependence on smartphones

EDITORIAL: Create a stable environment to stop dependence on smartphones
01.09.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Smartphones keep users so busy there’s no time to yawn

VOX POPULI: Smartphones keep users so busy there’s no time to yawn
30.08.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

In 50 years, fears of global cooling become dread of global boiling

In 50 years, fears of global cooling become dread of global boiling
30.08.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

Expert: Foreign workforce is essential for a stable society

Expert: Foreign workforce is essential for a stable society
30.08.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Money can’t compare to trust in the realm of political scandal

VOX POPULI: Money can’t compare to trust in the realm of political scandal
29.08.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Has climate change brought a 'silent summer' to Japan?

VOX POPULI: Has climate change brought a 'silent summer' to Japan?
28.08.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Japan should not abandon the principles it learned from U.S.

EDITORIAL: Japan should not abandon the principles it learned from U.S.
27.08.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Writer Atsushi Nakajima’s letters to his sons exhibited

VOX POPULI: Writer Atsushi Nakajima’s letters to his sons exhibited
27.08.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Will AI ever learn to love like the fictional cat with a million lives?

26.08.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Common values, problems make S. Korean ties vital to Japan

25.08.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Bono denounces Netanyahu as Gazans continue battling famine

25.08.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Praying this year’s Wajima Taisai will usher in brighter future

23.08.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Blazing fireball over western Japan rekindles cosmic awe, fear

22.08.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Political lessons via Machiavelli? Nope, try 'The Little Prince'

21.08.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: U.S. must offer specific measures for a lasting peace in Ukraine

20.08.2025 80

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Art exhibition recalls how press helped mobilize a nation for war

20.08.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Concerns linger after the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska

19.08.2025 80

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Pain from a war lingers on in the troops even after the shooting ends

18.08.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Despite politics, stateless folks can build happy lives in Japan

18.08.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: In death, Sen Genshitsu finally found closure over war period

16.08.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: A bowl of ‘suiton’ symbolizes the use of starvation as a war weapon

15.08.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Japan’s role as a protector of peace now called into question

15.08.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Memories of 'senninbari' a warning against blind allegiance

14.08.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Ishiba not serious about seeking abolition of nuke weapons

13.08.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Teru Ando, the original sculptor of Hachiko who died in air raid

13.08.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: 40 years after JAL crash, U.S. has yet to fully explain the cause

12.08.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: The sorrow in the voices of 3,564 Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors

09.08.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Mosquitoes are the world’s top predator, share traits with 2nd

08.08.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Abrupt swerve in the government’s rice policy is unnerving

07.08.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Thinking of the day when there are no hibakusha to call on

06.08.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun