Opinion

Disaster response poses an ongoing challenge in this calamity-prone country.

There are no quick remedies for the rapid aging and shrinking of Japan's population, but inaction will only make matters worse.

Visualizing the kind of world we want to live in 10 years from now can spur creativity and innovation.

The Olympic year should provide us with a chance to reflect on the state of the nation and how we must respond to the multitude of challenges it faces.

The threats posed by climate change and mass surveillance will worsen if we continue the laissez-faire approach that fails to intervene and bend both phenomena toward more sustainable trajectories.

The government needs to assess whether the Futenma replacement project — with the substantial delays, cost overruns and local opposition — is still a viable project.

The arrest of a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker this early in the creation of a casino industry in Japan shows that much more is needed to prevent gambling-related graft.

The Shiori Ito verdict marked an important milestone for women's rights in Japan, but it also revealed how far behind this country is at protecting sex crime victims.

Both Japan and South Korea need to make every effort to get the bilateral relationship back on an even keel.

Japan is woefully lacking of a system that ensures divorced parents pay their court-designated child support.

The government needs to probe whether a recent bureaucratic leak is part of a broader and deeper collusion.

The government has to get more serious about maintaining a sustainable national budget.