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SOCIETY

Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019
Cultivating a setting, opportunities for future leaders
In today's increasingly unpredictable world, where borders seem transparent and change happens at lightning speed, Toyo University President Makio Takemura has a resolute vision.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019
'Campus of the future' homes in on curriculum for the digital age
As a so-called campus of the future, Toyo University's Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design (INIAD) in Akabanedai, metropolitan Tokyo, offers students the value of networking through specialized course streams, which consist of science and engineering, digital design, business innovation and social infrastructure to best navigate today's information society.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019
School widens its role in connecting students with the global community
Waseda University's beginnings hark back to 1882, when samurai turned politician-cum-educator Shigenobu Okuma founded Tokyo Senmon Gakko (Tokyo College). The institution acquired university status in 1902 and was renamed Waseda University.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019
'Waseda Architecture' symbolic of capital's development
Functioning not only as broadcasting towers, but also as popular tourist spots among both Japanese and overseas visitors alike, Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Skytree are said to be symbolic of Japan. While general information about these structures can be found in virtually any travel guide, what is lesser known is how their designs connect them to Waseda University.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 18, 2019
Police grill 87-year-old driver over Tokyo crash that left mother and daughter dead
An 87-year-old former government official whose vehicle was involved in a fatal crash in Tokyo last month is questioned by police on a voluntary basis.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
May 11, 2019
Kumiko Imai-Duxfield: From the pull of destiny to a sense of duty
Whether good or bad, propelled by fate or duty, the director of arts and culture for the New Zealand-Japan Society of Auckland believes no experience is a wasted one.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2019
Give us a strong leader and reform the Brexit-fatigued system, Britons say in survey
British voters want a strong leader who is willing to break the rules and force through wide-scale reform after three years of Brexit crisis pushed confidence in the political system to a 15-year low.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2019
America isn't as divided as it looks
On some important issues, public opinion is starting to converge.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 1, 2019
77% of Japanese town and village assembly members are elderly, and only 10% are female
Of the 10,956 town and village assembly members in Japan, 8,442, or 77.1 percent, were aged 60 or over as of July 1 last year, a survey showed Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Nov 17, 2018
Kansai business community sees future foreign worker influx with both hope and concern
The news last week that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is preparing to admit up to 345,000 foreign workers by 2023 has been met with a combination of hope they will help prop up agricultural, manufacturing and service sectors that are struggling to find workers, and concern that Abe has rushed through an immigration policy that will create massive social problems.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2018
Think tank says applicants for planned blue-collar visas should have college degrees
A newly launched think tank researching policies for accepting more foreign workers said Monday that as a condition for new visa statuses currently being discussed in the Diet, the government should require prospective applicants to have a college degree.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2018
Ignore the news and America seems pretty nice
Drive from coast to coast with the radio off and everybody seems to be getting along fine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2018
Dying of loneliness, despite all our social media 'friends'
How can America fix its epidemic of loneliness?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Oct 13, 2018
In art, there are no rules, only new challenges
For the director of the Japan Society in New York, it was a teenage encounter with a Shoichi Ida print that led to her love of art and its international influence
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2018
New visa statuses proposed for blue-collar workers do not offer permanent residency: justice minister
Comments come as ministry details plan to allow people with knowledge and abilities Japan needs to work in the nation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2018
Japan sees surge in foreign nursing care students
The number of foreign students enrolling in nursing care schools has nearly doubled this academic year amid a labor shortage in the heath care sector, according to the Japan Association of Training Institutions for Certified Care Workers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 1, 2018
Nursing cafes aim to promote regional growth, stimulate dialogue on elder care in Japan
Workers in the nursing care and welfare sectors are increasingly gathering at so-called "nursing cafes" in an effort to stimulate dialogue in communities on the medical issues that are arising as a result of the nation's graying society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2018
The business of death has a bright future in Japan
Norihisa Tomiyasu opened his first mortuary in 1997 aiming to clean up a profession he says deserved its bad reputation for exploiting people's grief and overcharging them at some of the most fraught moments of their lives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 28, 2018
Development of beneficial AI holds key to creating a better society: expert
Whether you love or hate it, artificial intelligence is here to stay.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2018
Asia Society plans to set up new venue in Tokyo
The Asia Society aims to create a new Tokyo facility, slated to open later this year, where experts and policymakers can come together to discuss domestic and international affairs, including North Korea's security threats and trade, an issue crucial to the region, an executive of the nonprofit organization said Friday.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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