menu_open Columnists
Waka Ikeda

Waka Ikeda

Nikkei Asian Review

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

The parent problem: When smartphone rules end at the school gate

The parent problem: When smartphone rules end at the school gate

Seventy-nine education systems worldwide have restricted smartphone use in schools. France banned them for students under 15 in 2018. South Korea...

yesterday 30

The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Repeating Article 9 like a mantra isn’t a foreign policy

When every security debate ends in 1945, with Article 9 of the Constitution, Japan loses sight of the world it actually lives in. This is not a...

22.03.2026 100

The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Mirrors and blind spots: Japan, Canada and gender equality

On a crisp morning on Parliament Hill in Canada’s capital, I watched a group of schoolchildren pose for photographs in front of the Peace Tower. The...

13.03.2026 80

The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Japan’s youth are quietly securing their nation’s future

10.02.2026 60

The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Feminism’s failures and the secret to Takaichi’s success

16.01.2026 90

The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

It’s time for Japan to ban smartphones in schools

19.12.2025 200

The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Takaichi deserves better than gendered stereotypes

31.10.2025 80

The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Japan wants its people to work more and more

26.10.2025 40

Nikkei Asian Review

Waka Ikeda

Asia can learn from Europe’s immigration mistakes

15.10.2025 40

The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis

05.09.2025 100

The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Japan's bad medicine for its bad romance problem

28.07.2025 100

Nikkei Asian Review

Waka Ikeda

Gender segregation won't fix Japan's 'chikan' groping problem

09.06.2025 90

Nikkei Asian Review

Waka Ikeda

Japan's outdated corporate family model

05.05.2025 40

Nikkei Asian Review

Waka Ikeda

Entrance exam wars: A pressure cooker for South Korean youth

26.03.2025 50

The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Why are fertility rates so low in East Asia? It's the society, stupid

24.03.2025 40

Nikkei Asian Review

Waka Ikeda

Why an Oscar-nominated film has been met with silence in Japan

31.01.2025 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Waka Ikeda