2017/01/14 |
Redefining The ‘Elderly’ Age in Japan
In the face of mushrooming social security costs in an aging society, the government plans to start making elderly people with incomes above certain levels shoulder a greater burden of their medical and nursing care expenses.
2017/01/21 |
Varied Agenda in Japan's Wage Talks
The behavior and mindset of Japanese businesses need to change in order to fundamentally address the labor problems in the country.
2017/02/09 |
Limiting the 'Right to be Forgotten'
According to the Supreme Court of Japan, search results can be ordered deleted only when the value of privacy protection clearly surpasses that of information disclosure.
2016/09/28 |
OPINION: Human Genome Editing, Designer Babies and Japan
Given the potential benefits and risks of genome editing, the government should develop strict rules to regulate the technique.
2016/10/07 |
OPINION: Japan's Nobel Prize a Warning for Government
Japan is putting too much emphasis on short-term scientific research that is expected to produce quick results and commercial benefits.
2016/12/27 |
The Cost of Cleaning Up Fukushima
Tepco should pay for the decommissioning of its reactors, compensation for the victims, and cleanup of the contaminated areas.
2016/12/08 |
Abe’s Tribute at Pearl Harbor
The sensitivities that surround a Japanese prime minister’s visit to Pearl Harbor — and a U.S. president’s visit to Hiroshima — remind us that reconciliation over the war is still an issue between Japan and the U.S.
2017/02/22 |
Local Consumption Still Key to Japan's Growth
What are the factors behind Japan's slow growth of personal consumption?
2016/10/26 |
Alarming Assault on the Internet in the U.S.
Last week's crippling cyberattacks in the U.S. are a harbinger of the digital future and the ever more visible vulnerabilities of a networked world.
2016/07/28 |
OP-ED: Senseless Carnage at a Japanese Care Home
Investigators should try to determine why Satoshi Uematsu came to think in such a twisted manner.
2016/11/01 |
Foreign Trainees As Caregivers in Japan?
'It is not the proper way to deal with the staff shortage in the nursing care sector'
2017/03/22 |
Japanese SDF Peacekeepers’ Logs Fiasco
The Japanese government should disclose relevant details of Japanese peacekeeping forces' activities in South Sudan to keep the public trust in its operation.
2017/02/13 |
Reversing Population Flow to Tokyo
The Abe administration's efforts to reduce the flow of people into the greater Tokyo area from other prefectures are not having much success.
2017/01/12 |
Trump Meddling In Toyota’s Affairs
Trump's future economic policies are causing worldwide concerns for free trade in international businesses.
2017/04/25 |
Japan and the Ability to Strike Enemy Bases
If Japan has developed capabilities to attack enemy bases, the incentive for North Korea to hit Japan before Japan hits it would be even greater.
2016/07/11 |
Protecting Pacific Bluefin Tuna
The Pacific bluefin tuna population has fallen to just 2.6% of its population before large-scale commercial fishing started.