Editorials

The hometown tax donation system should be promoted as a mechanism to enable people to support the municipalities that they really want to help.

A sluggish economy and shrinking population demands that Japan be more outward looking to try to shape the external environment in which its companies must compete.

Many uniquely Japanese employment practices that lie behind recruiting guidelines are changing at a dizzying pace.

Tokyo should not be swayed in its position by the surprise remark and step up the efforts to address the territorial row with Russia.

We may soon discover how well we learned the lessons of the Lehman shock.

A regional bank's unusually strong performance was propped up by dubious lending practices.

The Hokkaido quake provides more clues on how to improve our disaster preparedness.

We hope that Naomi Osaka's victory in the U.S. Women's Open championship will help Japan to better appreciate its diversity and the richness and opportunity it creates.

Myanmar's persecution of two Reuters reporters, sentencing them to seven years behind bars, is shameful. The silence of the world's governments is equally shameful.

With so much at stake, the public deserves substantive discussions between the contestants.

Asia's infrastructure needs exceed what any one country can provide. A cooperative, coordinated effort is the only practical response.