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VOX POPULI: World Press Photo exhibition echoes the words of Robert Capa

yesterday 10

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EDITORIAL: Progress needed in lightening U.S. military’s burden on Okinawans

yesterday 10

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EDITORIAL: Fair burden sharing must lie at heart of debate on tax reforms

saturday 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Time to post New Year’s greeting cards, if you cling to custom

saturday 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Science Council deserves a future that leaves no lingering issues

20.12.2024 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: The Yomiuri chief’s love-hate affair with rival Asahi Shimbun

20.12.2024 30

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VOX POPULI: Honda-Nissan alliance taking auto industry to major crossroad

19.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Ethics council sessions should not end funding scandal scrutiny

19.12.2024 30

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INTERVIEW/ Takashi Mikuriya: Ruling bloc’s loss of majority fired off starting gun for change

19.12.2024 9

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: ‘Touch grass,’ Thoreau’s ghost cries over Word of the Year 2024

18.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: New draft energy plan ignores Fukushima disaster lesson

18.12.2024 20

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EDITORIAL: Serious concerns increase if Saudi Arabia joins fighter jet project

17.12.2024 20

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VOX POPULI: The ‘bleak’ town in former Manchuria that shaped Kobo Abe

17.12.2024 30

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VOX POPULI: Syrian prison shows horrors of crumbled brutal dictatorship

16.12.2024 20

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EDITORIAL: S. Korea needs dialogue amid turmoil to regain public confidence

16.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Prince Hassan bin Talal: Palestinians’ self-determination key to peace in Middle East

15.12.2024 10

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions is only way forward

14.12.2024 30

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VOX POPULI: A day in the life at Miyagi sanctuary for migratory birds

14.12.2024 30

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INTERVIEW/ Francois Villeroy de Galhau: U.S. policies pose risks if Trump’s protectionist measures prevail

13.12.2024 20

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VOX POPULI: Yoon’s foiled bid at martial law is the ultimate as a former ‘hunter’

13.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Collusive 3-party tax cut deal done without serious policy debate

13.12.2024 30

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VOX POPULI: Japanese love affair with onigiri dates back centuries

12.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Nobel Peace Prize for hibakusha should send their message wider

12.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Hibakusha poet sent message to makers of nuclear weapons

11.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Private sector needs bigger role in chipmaking industry

11.12.2024 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Kazuki Fukui: Tourism as a panacea for local economies just wishful thinking

11.12.2024 10

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: May Assad’s ousting mean peace, for Sama and all Syrians

10.12.2024 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: S. Korea needs to uncover truth behind failed martial law bid

10.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: World Heritage bids mean little without purpose of preservation

This year has seen a flurry of activities regarding cultural heritage, including registration of the Sado Island gold mine in Niigata Prefecture as a...

09.12.2024 20

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VOX POPULI: Pearl Harbor through the eyes of a Japanese fourth-grader

“In the morning, as I was putting away my futon, my mother said, ‘Fumiko, Japan has finally gone to war with America and Britain.’” Fumiko...

09.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

The lowdown on the high-pitched tone adopted by Japanese women

No matter the occasion, Japanese women tend to adopt a high-pitched voice in public or when speaking on the telephone. The same can be said of...

09.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: It’s the Diet’s job to streamline the bloated extra budget

07.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Nomura, MUFG scandals may prove damaging beyond repair

07.12.2024 20

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EDITORIAL: Political funding reform must be forged across party lines

The political funding system is a common platform for political activities. Decisions concerning political funding reforms should not be based solely...

06.12.2024 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Homemakers impact the economy more than we realize

We neither breed beef cattle nor grow grapes, but we are able to enjoy steaks and wine. Why? Not because of the generosity of butchers and wine...

06.12.2024 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Mystery lies behind gender gap in academic performance

What does the gender difference in average scores in standardized math and science tests mean? The education ministry should analyze in detail the...

05.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Yoon’s martial law order brings 1980 uprising in Gwangju to mind

In May 1980, a South Korean woman, who lost her adolescent son in Gwangju, is overcome with grief in the cemetery where his coffin had been brought....

05.12.2024 30

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EDITORIAL: Japan must lead way in talks for treaty to slash plastic pollution

Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach agreement despite a pledge to do so by the year-end. The issue of...

04.12.2024 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Bear-infested libertarian town shows pitfall of excess freedoms

It is believed that Elon Musk and other tech entrepreneurs contributed to Donald Trump’s win in the U.S. presidential election by donating money and...

04.12.2024 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Doctor’s legacy endures in wells, farm irrigation in Afghanistan

Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura, who headed a humanitarian aid organization in Afghanistan, was shot to death five years ago on Dec. 4. When I first...

03.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Right to privacy not a bargaining chip in active cyber defense

The need to prevent cyberattacks against critical infrastructure is undeniable. However, collecting and analyzing communication data for this purpose...

03.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Introduction of a carbon tax more practical than a gasoline tax cut

Gasoline tax cuts have emerged as a major theme in the tax reform debate. While the current fuel and automobile tax system certainly contains defects...

02.12.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Charming traditional soundscapes fill the chilly air

In the past, “kamisuki,” or the traditional craft of making paper by hand, was a thriving industry in the neighborhood of Asakusa, Tokyo. While...

02.12.2024 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Ishiba needs to work harder on his handshakes with leaders 

Handshakes are important to politicians as they tend to shake hands with a lot of people. Very occasionally, this happens an incredible number of...

30.11.2024 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: We hope vow of ‘deliberative discussions’ was not empty slogan

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s policy speech signaled his desire to take advantage of the predicament of being a minority government to initiate a...

30.11.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Kishida bomb prosecution should ditch the bullying tactics

Once upon a time, everybody tuned into the TV detective drama series “Taiyo ni Hoero!” (literally, “Roar at the sun”) every Friday. This...

29.11.2024 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Stick to policy of reducing share of nuclear power generation

Government discussions on the seventh Basic Energy Plan, which will chart the course of the nation’s energy policy for the coming years, are in the...

29.11.2024 30

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VOX POPULI: Todai student among activists sentenced in Hong Kong

When did I meet Au Nok-hin? According to my notebook, it was four years ago, in December 2020. A Honk Kong native, he was only 33 years old then and...

28.11.2024 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Political change offers chance to revamp flawed reviews of bills

Voters in the Oct. 27 Lower House election refused to give the ruling coalition free rein but stopped short of handing the opposition a mandate to...

28.11.2024 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Greater pension enrollment lies in tackling annual income wall

Increased enrollment seems to offer the best way to overcome the annual income wall that plagues the social security system. We hope for continued...

27.11.2024 10

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