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From forced disruption to a new beginning

Commentary / Japan Mar 9, 2020

From forced disruption to a new beginning

by Yoko Ishikura

The forced disruption of daily activities in Japan is a blessing in disguise that can move the nation forward and change its way of doing things.

Can telework ease peer pressure in Japan?

Commentary / Japan Aug 5, 2019

Can telework ease peer pressure in Japan?

by Noriyuki Yanagawa

Giving employees greater choices through remote work will make their jobs more fulfilling and be a plus for Japan's economy as a whole.

A Japanese trailblazer who wore stilettos

Commentary / Japan Jul 30, 2019

A Japanese trailblazer who wore stilettos

by Yumiko Murakami

Businesswoman Yoshida Haruno dedicated her life to promoting leadership roles for women in the public and private sectors.

Japan's three structural challenges

Commentary / Japan Jan 29, 2018

Japan's three structural challenges

by Haruaki Deguchi

To ensure its future prosperity, Japan must resolve its demographic, productivity and fiscal dilemmas.

Overseas observers spot something strange

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Apr 11, 2015

Overseas observers spot something strange

by Michael Hoffman

Is Japan a strange country? What a strange question for a country to ask itself! The question implies the answer. Merely to raise it is to invite an affirmative reply, as Shukan Gendai magazine this month is by no means the first to prove. "Strange" is ...

Books / Reviews Aug 10, 2013

Three versions of the 'good wife' in Japan

by David Cozy

Once upon a time, not so long ago, it was unusual for a Japanese woman to aspire to be anything other than a "good wife and wise mother"— an aspiration so predominant that the Japanese for it, ryosai kenbo, is a set phrase in ...

Long-living Japanese society needs better 'quality of death'

National / Science & Health Jul 30, 2013

Long-living Japanese society needs better 'quality of death'

by Kanoko Matsuyama

A quarter of a million bedbound elderly people are kept alive in Japan, often for years, by a feeding tube surgically inserted into their stomach. A few months ago, my 96-year-old grandmother became one of them. Feeding tubes are so common in Japan that ...

Commentary / Japan | THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK Mar 25, 2013

It's not skin color, it's every way you're different

by Hiroaki Sato

What should a Japanese expat say to a mixed-race couple in New York who wonder how their children would be treated if they raised them in Japan?

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