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

yesterday 30

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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
saturday 40

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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 50

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12.09.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

11.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

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

09.09.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

08.09.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

06.09.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

04.09.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

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?

03.09.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

01.09.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

30.08.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

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

30.08.2025 70

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The Asahi Shimbun