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VOX POPULI: What’s the point of election posters in a digital world?

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VOX POPULI: Pressure on women to have kids adds to 'low birthrate trap'

VOX POPULI: Pressure on women to have kids adds to 'low birthrate trap'
yesterday 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Consider a slice of rainy season ‘myoga’ as some food for thought

VOX POPULI: Consider a slice of rainy season ‘myoga’ as some food for thought
previous day 70

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Diversity the key in media firms to combating sexual abuse

EDITORIAL: Diversity the key in media firms to combating sexual abuse
previous day 40

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VOX POPULI: JSA must explain its shoddy treatment of retired Hakuho

VOX POPULI: JSA must explain its shoddy treatment of retired Hakuho
tuesday 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Lake Biwa Canal enlivened Kyoto while mixing in Western motifs

VOX POPULI: Lake Biwa Canal enlivened Kyoto while mixing in Western motifs
09.06.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Ignoring TEPCO leaders' decisions on Fukushima plant an outrage

EDITORIAL: Ignoring TEPCO leaders' decisions on Fukushima plant an outrage
09.06.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Inspiring tale of way a Fukuoka family came to terms with grief

VOX POPULI: Inspiring tale of way a Fukuoka family came to terms with grief
07.06.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Government never faced up to lack of records on ‘Abenomasks’

VOX POPULI: Government never faced up to lack of records on ‘Abenomasks’
06.06.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Philip Davidson: China’s military buildup targets deterrence of U.S. and partners

INTERVIEW/ Philip Davidson: China’s military buildup targets deterrence of U.S. and partners
05.06.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: File on Xu Qinxian's refusal at Tiananmen remains open

VOX POPULI: File on Xu Qinxian's refusal at Tiananmen remains open
05.06.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Takeshi Nakano: Trump tariffs fueling inevitable collapse of world economic system

INTERVIEW/ Takeshi Nakano: Trump tariffs fueling inevitable collapse of world economic system
05.06.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Social agreement needed for disposing of Fukushima soil

EDITORIAL: Social agreement needed for disposing of Fukushima soil
04.06.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Giants’ legend Nagashima sparkled on the field and in life

VOX POPULI: Giants’ legend Nagashima sparkled on the field and in life
04.06.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Rare photos of Hiroshima A-bombing show grim aftermath

VOX POPULI: Rare photos of Hiroshima A-bombing show grim aftermath
03.06.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Shoki Matsuyama: On sleepless nights, embrace the feeling of being alive

INTERVIEW/ Shoki Matsuyama: On sleepless nights, embrace the feeling of being alive
03.06.2025 100

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Latest chapter in the history of emoji draws to a close in Japan

VOX POPULI: Latest chapter in the history of emoji draws to a close in Japan
02.06.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Make system for converting to Japanese driver's license safer

EDITORIAL: Make system for converting to Japanese driver's license safer
02.06.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Dazzled by the enigmatic smile of an ancient sculpture

31.05.2025 60

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Hyogo Governor Saito can’t evade accountability with platitudes

30.05.2025 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Onosato’s rapid rise to yokozuna signals new era for sumo world

29.05.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Keep road open for female, matrilineal emperors

28.05.2025 20

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VOX POPULI: A grain of doubt niggles at Japan’s new rice stockpile policy

28.05.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Ancient China was more open to foreigners than Trump’s U.S.

27.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Japan must steadfastly seek withdrawal of all high tariffs

26.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: From high-tech cheating to forged diplomas, fraud never ends

26.05.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Aussie-style ‘fair go’ spirit sadly lacking in Japan children’s sports

24.05.2025 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Translators are an indispensable asset to the literary world

23.05.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

INTERVIEW/ Shinichi Kitaoka: Japan should look to future on 80th anniversary of end of WWII

23.05.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: After 16 years, citizen judge system needs to keep evolving

22.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Preparedness needed to deal with ash from Mt. Fuji eruption

21.05.2025 20

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VOX POPULI: Eto’s rice ‘joke’ illustrates how to fail as a comic and politician

21.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Let no worker be treated like a 'replaceable component'

20.05.2025 10

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Tokyo Expo that never was still echoes Japan’s war history

19.05.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Let Diet members vote freely on married couple surname system

19.05.2025 50

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Key questions in the Moritomo Gakuen scandal still unanswered

17.05.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Remembering Jose Mujica, the voice of a global conscience

16.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: A portrait of Palestine’s neighborhoods before May 1948

15.05.2025 20

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: U.S., China must address domestic challenges, not just trade dispute

14.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: East and West converged in the life of Hana Glover Bennett

14.05.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Should more schools stop handing out report cards?

13.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Nishida's comments distort history of Battle of Okinawa

12.05.2025 10

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: What revelations will pierce papal conclave’s wall of secrecy?

12.05.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Stalking case in Kawasaki that led to worst-case outcome

10.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Latest twisting of WWII history adds to recent revisionist trend

09.05.2025 40

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: The stupidity of the White House turning a blind eye to fascism

08.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Disappearing pollinators add sobering edge to spring flowers

07.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Japan must insist that U.S. remove higher auto, steel tariffs

07.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: 150 years later, Edward Morse’s ‘paradise’ is lost for Japanese kids

05.05.2025 30

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The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: There must be no letup in ‘constant endeavor of the people’ in Japan

03.05.2025 20

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