News Source: Japan Times
| 26 days ago
Was there not an historic election just over two months ago that ushered in a supposedly foreigner-friendly government that has put issues like suffrage for permanent residents in local elections on the table? Does it not have a minister who has...
News Source: Japan Times
| 26 days ago
After the financial bubble burst in 1991, governments started to support the economy with more and more expansive stimulus plans and subsidies when it would have been better to let the economy fall by pushing interest rates up and restoring public...
News Source: Japan Times
| 26 days ago
the lack of affection/passion between Japanese people and a fear of pursuing romantic relations. I know the stereotype is that Japanese are not particularly passionate, but a recent conversation between my Japanese wife and several of her friends in...
News Source: Japan Times
| 27 days ago
When the Democratic Party of Japan was in the opposition, party member Mr. Akira Nagatsuma was known for research into the problem of hard-to- identify pension-premium payment records and his sharp questions on the matter in the Diet. Now as health,...