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POINT OF VIEW/ Charles Crabtree: Japan’s first woman prime minister: A lot of talk, and ... ?

POINT OF VIEW/ Charles Crabtree: Japan’s first woman prime minister: A lot of talk, and ... ?
yesterday 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Unlike empathy, quiet suffering does nothing for menopause

VOX POPULI: Unlike empathy, quiet suffering does nothing for menopause
yesterday 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Trial of Abe's killer must delve deep to reveal the truth of the crime

EDITORIAL: Trial of Abe's killer must delve deep to reveal the truth of the crime
yesterday 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: On fiscal reality, Sanae Takaichi is no Margaret Thatcher

VOX POPULI: On fiscal reality, Sanae Takaichi is no Margaret Thatcher
saturday 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Tokyo home now a time capsule museum of life from Showa Era

VOX POPULI: Tokyo home now a time capsule museum of life from Showa Era
24.10.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: ‘Kinmokusei’ perfume stands out among scents of autumn

VOX POPULI: ‘Kinmokusei’ perfume stands out among scents of autumn
23.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Radical reforms being pushed by Takaichi show a different Japan

EDITORIAL: Radical reforms being pushed by Takaichi show a different Japan
22.10.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Scholar on gender issues: Takaichi the embodiment of contradictions of the ‘women’s era’

INTERVIEW/ Scholar on gender issues: Takaichi the embodiment of contradictions of the ‘women’s era’
22.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Japan appears at risks of losing its balance under rightward shift

VOX POPULI: Japan appears at risks of losing its balance under rightward shift
22.10.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Okinawa left in stasis 30 years after major U.S. military protest

VOX POPULI: Okinawa left in stasis 30 years after major U.S. military protest
21.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Historian Masuda Hajimu: 'Social Warfare': An Undercurrent for Japan’s Road to War

INTERVIEW/ Historian Masuda Hajimu: 'Social Warfare': An Undercurrent for Japan’s Road to War
21.10.2025 100

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: ‘Murayama statement’ still key for building trust in Asia

EDITORIAL: ‘Murayama statement’ still key for building trust in Asia
20.10.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Newsrooms worldwide need Ben Bradlee’s journalistic guts

VOX POPULI: Newsrooms worldwide need Ben Bradlee’s journalistic guts
20.10.2025 80

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Aurelijus Zykas: Lithuanian ambassador a man of many foreign words

INTERVIEW/ Aurelijus Zykas: Lithuanian ambassador a man of many foreign words
20.10.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Remembering Tomiichi Murayama; his persona was truly authentic

VOX POPULI: Remembering Tomiichi Murayama; his persona was truly authentic
18.10.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: An excess of uncertainty and ‘masters’ in LDP alliance drama

VOX POPULI: An excess of uncertainty and ‘masters’ in LDP alliance drama
17.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Mourning the loss of eggs as the ‘star student’ of budget food

VOX POPULI: Mourning the loss of eggs as the ‘star student’ of budget food
16.10.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Don’t use kids as a political tool in pushing agenda over ‘Kimigayo’

EDITORIAL: Don’t use kids as a political tool in pushing agenda over ‘Kimigayo’
15.10.2025 10

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: To wait is to embrace the absurd in Nobel laureate’s story

VOX POPULI: To wait is to embrace the absurd in Nobel laureate’s story
15.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Gazan’s social media posts published in Japanese book

VOX POPULI: Gazan’s social media posts published in Japanese book
14.10.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: News delivery workers the unsung heroes in our daily lives

VOX POPULI: News delivery workers the unsung heroes in our daily lives
13.10.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Ishiba and his deep grasp of Japan’s military actions in China

VOX POPULI: Ishiba and his deep grasp of Japan’s military actions in China
11.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: The author who sparked a Nobel Prize winner’s love of science

VOX POPULI: The author who sparked a Nobel Prize winner’s love of science
10.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Give a hoot, owls shouldn’t be kept as pets or at themed cafes

VOX POPULI: Give a hoot, owls shouldn’t be kept as pets or at themed cafes
09.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Takaichi’s party picks heavily skewed to her rightist views

EDITORIAL: Takaichi’s party picks heavily skewed to her rightist views
08.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: To ‘love the trifles of daily life’ begins with looking skyward

VOX POPULI: To ‘love the trifles of daily life’ begins with looking skyward
08.10.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Tenacity, belief paid off for Japan’s newest Nobel laureate

VOX POPULI: Tenacity, belief paid off for Japan’s newest Nobel laureate
07.10.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Takaichi must show leadership to avoid danger of fragmentation

EDITORIAL: Takaichi must show leadership to avoid danger of fragmentation
06.10.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: The purposeful slowness of each ‘cherished moon’ during ‘tsukimi’

VOX POPULI: The purposeful slowness of each ‘cherished moon’ during ‘tsukimi’
06.10.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Coming to grips with wonders of human sensory perception

04.10.2025 80

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Supreme Court urged to address bail in ‘hostage justice’ system

03.10.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: The human urge to share our lives will outlive any platform

02.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Continue Africa exchanges rather than give in to xenophobia

01.10.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Census offers mirror of Japan’s demographic challenges

01.10.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Police DNA test scandal more reason to pursue legal regulations

30.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: LDP must talk about coexisting with foreigners, not xenophobia

29.09.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: At her daughter’s wedding, a mom touched as lost son remembered

29.09.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Xenophobic sentiment simply has no place in our society

27.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Is Albania’s ‘AI minister’ smart enough to tackle corruption?

26.09.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: The connection between bush clover and bees’ ‘nursery’ design

25.09.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Israel, don’t do your genocide’s ‘last passage.’ Stop your killing

24.09.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Deployment of U.S. midrange missiles must not go unchecked

24.09.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Haneda Airport ‘whodunit’ is great fiction, but cynical downer

22.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: There is no room for misconduct in DNA testing for criminal cases

22.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Longest-running comic strip in Asahi on cusp of major milestone

20.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Is it loneliness or anticipation that defines Voyager 1’s quiet journey?

19.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Oct. 18 is not a proud day in the history of The Asahi Shimbun

18.09.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

17.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

17.09.2025 80

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

16.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun