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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2008
Testing times for Malaysia
By J. Prakash
SINGAPORE — The man who once gave lectures to the West and its leaders is back again regaling his captive Malaysian audience with his trademark rhetoric.
EDITORIALS
Jun 11, 2008
No more pieties on hunger
Another summit has produced yet more pledges to cut world hunger. But if the outcome of the Food Security Summit looks familiar, the consequences must not be. Food prices are rising and the number of people worldwide who lack enough to eat is growing. This is no time for rhetoric and empty promises:...
COMMENTARY
Jun 10, 2008
A shift in priority to 'happiness'
By Takamitsu Sawa
Per capita gross domestic product is a highly valued as yardstick for measuring the degree of "affluence" enjoyed by the citizens of each nation. The figures of various countries are usually converted into U.S. dollars to determine how countries rank internationally.
EDITORIALS
Jun 10, 2008
Baby step toward devolution
A government panel on devolution has submitted its first set of recommendations to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. The primary aim of the recommendations is to enable local governments to flexibly meet the needs of local residents by breaking with national conformity. The panel is scheduled to submit further...
EDITORIALS
Jun 10, 2008
Reintroducing the Ainu
Both chambers of the Diet unanimously passed a resolution last week urging the government to recognize the Ainu as an indigenous people. It says the fact that many Ainu people suffered discrimination and poverty during Japan's modernization should be taken seriously. Noting that the Ainu have their own...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2008
Sarkozy's split with the legacy of de Gaulle
By Pascal Boniface
PARIS — A year ago, when Nicolas Sarkozy was campaigning for the French presidency, he promised a "rupture" with the past. So far, few French people can see the sort of rupture that Sarkozy promised.
EDITORIALS
Jun 8, 2008
Atomic bomb disease sufferers
The Sendai High Court on May 28 recognized two more people as sufferers of radiation illnesses caused by the August 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Osaka High Court followed suit May 30 by recognizing nine others as sufferers of illnesses caused by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 8, 2008
When it comes to the crunch, remaining neutral isn't an option
By Roger Pulvers
When a nation is living through a crisis, whether its citizens like it or not, it becomes a crisis of conscience for every individual.
EDITORIALS
Jun 8, 2008
Health-care tangle
A political battle has heated up over a new health insurance plan covering 13 million people aged 75 or over and introduced April 1. Opposition forces Friday passed a bill through the Upper House to abolish the unpopular plan on April 1, 2009, and reintroduce the previous plan, but the ruling bloc-controlled...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2008
Hot air over global warming
By Kevin Rafferty
HONG KONG — Fresh reports every day tell of glaciers melting, thinning polar ice triggering prospects of a scramble for the riches under the Arctic ice cap, worries about rising water levels inundating low-lying countries, and soaring oil prices.
EDITORIALS
Jun 7, 2008
Protection from a Web of harm
The Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Communist Party have worked out a bill aimed at shielding children from harmful Web sites. The Education Resuscitation Council had called for restricting the use of mobile phones by schoolchildren to direct calls and GPS...
EDITORIALS
Jun 7, 2008
South Korea's 'bulldozer' stalls
South Korean President Lee Myung Bak must wonder whatever happened to his honeymoon. His first 100 days in office were marked by the sharpest plunge in popularity ratings of any democratically elected Korean leader. The fault is not Mr. Lee's alone, but the majority of the blame is his. Only he can stop...
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

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