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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s first policy speech at the Diet as the nation’s new leader did little to inspire confidence in his government. He...
In the immediate aftermath of a major disaster in Italy, survivors can count on being accommodated in fully air-conditioned tents and getting hot...
“Zenryaku gomenkudasai,” a classic letter salutation in Japanese, translates as “Pardon me for dispensing with the preliminaries.” Whenever a...
The regular vaccinations that are now partially subsidized against COVID-19 based on the law started this month. Those eligible for the vaccination...
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Mr. Ishiba, I have a question. When you announced your candidacy for the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party, you said that married couples...
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A new government headed by newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba will be inaugurated on Oct. 1. Regarding economic policies...
Komeito, the junior coalition partner to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, elected a new leader for the first time in 15 years only a day after...
The term “hitoyose panda” (crowd-puller panda) was popularized by former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. In 1981, despite being a defendant in the...
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to entrust veteran politician Shigeru Ishiba with the urgent task of winning back the public trust it...
The Japanese expression “mimizawari” translates as “offensive to one’s ears.” It means that something one hears is annoying or disagreeable,...
Former death row inmate Iwao Hakamada cuts a profoundly tragic figure in the annals of Japan’s deeply flawed justice system. He was a victim of a...
The summer of 1966 must have been just as hot as now. I remember my mother telling me a long time ago how relentlessly muggy it was, day after day....
There is a weighty tome that sleeps silently in the basement stack room of The Asahi Shimbun's Tokyo headquarters where I work. Titled "Toya Maru...
On the afternoon of Sept. 23, a Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace three times in an area north of Rebun, an island off the...
Outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's final official overseas visit included a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at his home in Wilmington,...
M (not her real name) was born in 1972 in a remote village in northern Thailand. Her school was far away and the road was always muddy, making walking...
With former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as its new leader, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan took a major step...
An Italian judicial official, who was involved in a Mafia-related investigation in the 1990s, once told me this: The mob believes that going high-tech...
Frightening amounts of muddy water are gushing down a mountainside exposed by a mudslide. Footage of crushed homes and towns submerged in overflowing...
On Sept. 19, the Hyogo prefectural assembly unanimously passed a no-confidence motion against Motohiko Saito, the Hyogo governor accused of power...
Author and artist Saneatsu Mushanokoji (1885-1976), who is remembered for his many words of wisdom, lived to be 90. I am particularly partial to one...
Many people were praying desperately for his recovery, but the news that came yesterday shattered everyone’s hopes. A 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy...
A tragedy that should not have occurred has happened again in China. In Shenzhen, Guangdong province, a 10-year-old boy was stabbed by a...
A recent court ruling over a case in which police provided personal information about citizens opposing a wind farm project to the power company...
"Enzetsu-kai" meetings are now being held around Japan for the Liberal Democratic Party's nine presidential election candidates to come together and...
This past spring, the Oxford English Dictionary added 23 words of Japanese origin, including “donburi” and “okonomiyaki.” This makes me wonder...
Fresh doubts have been raised over the credibility of the Liberal Democratic Party’s repeated denial of “organization-wide ties” to the...
I was living in an apartment complex when my mother sent me out one day to pick some “susuki” (Japanese pampas grass). As the complex was in a...
Climatic extremes such as severe heat waves and torrential rains are threatening people's lives and livelihoods. Although it is difficult to confirm...
Shortly after the end of the devastating war, a book on English conversation came out and became the first postwar best-seller in Japan. Published on...
The University of Tokyo announced plans to raise undergraduate tuition fees by about 110,000 yen ($786) from the new academic year starting in April,...
Hearing that a “device that can produce human voices” can be made from “a paper cup, straw, flexible condiment bottle, sponge and transparent...
In a study that became known as “The Jam Experiment,” a supermarket laid out six varieties of jam on a display table one day and 24 varieties on...
The Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election to choose Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's successor officially kicked off on Sept. 12. The weakened...
A subsidiary of Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) concealed water leakage into a high-speed ferry connecting Japan and South Korea. Under the direction...
"Crooked Hillary" and "Sleepy Joe" are just two of the many disparaging nicknames Donald Trump has given to prominent Democratic Party politicians....
To prevent severe hereditary disorders from being passed on to children who are born through in-vitro fertilization, preimplantation genetic code...
Come to think of it, I have been living a “connected life” since I was issued a pager at my first place of work 35 years ago. Whatever the hour,...
The United States should reduce its dependence on China for critical supply chains and work with like-minded countries to ensure its own security and...
I was stationed in Italy almost 20 years ago when a local peace activist asked me to explain the meaning of “hibaku taiken sha” (literally, people...
Japan’s relationship with South Korea has improved significantly through a series of positive steps taken by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South...
The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan kicked off its leadership race with its sights set on replacing the ruling coalition in...
As I was pondering where to start pointing out the flaws in the idea, the proposal ended up being “effectively withdrawn.” It was a plan to...
Campaigning for the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election is set to kick off in a few days. During the past week, three more LDP...
According to the traditional lunisolar calendar’s 24 “sekki” divisions that denote the changing of the seasons, Sept. 7 is “Hakuro” (white...
Shiro Ozaki, a prominent author of the Showa Era (1926-1989), was said to often hum a ditty that went something like, "Blue is the skin of a mackerel,...
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