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Cats and Japanese People
Cats have lived alongside people for more than ten thousand years. A comfortable society for cats is a comfortable society for human beings. This, they say, is the age of cats. Each year, the number of...
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Vacant Houses are Undermining Tokyo Reconsider the Relaxation of City...
New Real Estate Loans Are Exceeding Those During the Bubble Economy, Reaching New Record Highs Nozawa Chie, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering Toyo University As an city planning researcher...
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Dialogue: Is Artificial Intelligence Versus Humans Reflected in Shogi as Well...
Sakai Kuniyoshi Habu Yoshiharu AI Cuts a Path for New Shogi Moves Habu Yoshiharu: AI (artificial intelligence) has been a popular conversation topic over the last few years. I think the...
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Kagaku-TsushinIsland Signs: The Sign Language of Miyakubo in Ehime Prefecture
Yano Uiko Matsuoka Kazumi Yano Uiko, one of this article’s two authors, comes from Miyakubo Town, which is a part of Imabari City in Ehime Prefecture. The town is located on the island of Oshima,...
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The Topic of Japan Viewed from Oxford
How do people at universities overseas view Japan? What do those universities teach students about Japan? I would like to answer these questions in this special feature of Chuokoron based on my own...
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Inbound Tourism and Japanese People ― Issues related to the increase in...
The influx of foreign tourists into Japan reminds one sociologist of American soldiers stationed in Japan immediately after the Second World War. What does he think of the current tourism boom? In this...
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What Impresses Foreign Tourists When They Come to Japan?― Explaining Japanese...
Photo: Courtesy of the Japan Guide Association As an tour guide-interpreter, Hagimura Masayo sometimes spends as long as two weeks traveling around the whole of Japan with foreign visitors, so no-one...
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Dialogue: Challenge by Tottori, the Least Populous Prefecture in JapanThere...
Mt. Daisen, Tottori Prefecture Motani Kosuke, Chief Senior Economist, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd. vs Hirai Shinji, Governor, Tottori Prefecture Tottori, a Unique Countryside Motani Kosuke: I...
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Prevent Japan from bankruptcy due to the shortage of workersHold discussions...
Kinosaki hot-spring district, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture The effective opening-to-application ratio in March 2017 was 1.45, a high value for the first time in 26 years and 4 months since November...
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Diversity Opens the Path to Innovation
Introduction Asakawa Chieko, IBM Fellow I joined IBM Research-Tokyo in 1985 as the only visually impaired researcher at a time when there were very few female researchers at the lab. Since then, I have...
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Why Were Young People Drawn to Asahara Shoko?Questions posed by the Aum...
The fraudulent group that seemed like the real thing Prof. Hashizume Daisaburo On July 6, 2018, the founder of Aum Shinrikyo, Asahara Shoko (real name Matsumoto Chizuo), and six former members of the...
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The Miracle of Ogal that was Achieved Through Cooperation Between the Public...
The View of Mt. Iwate (Iwate-san) from Shiroyama Park in Shiwa Town, Iwate Prefecture “The most expensive snow disposal yard in Japan” Demachi Yuzuru A large empty space in front of a station was...
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Regeneration after The Damage Caused by The Nuclear Disaster — Reconstruction...
Evacuation orders are being lifted, but what is actually happening on the ground? Just the return of evacuees is not enough to rebuild lives. We need reconstruction policies that help individuals...
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Future Design
Discussion between Professor Sakura Osamu and Professor Saijo Tatsuyoshi Professor Sakura Osamu (left) and Professor Saijo Tatsuyoshi There are various matters, such as climate change, energy issues,...
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The True Home of Japan Studies Is Not Japan: Academic rivals are skilled at...
Who really “owns” Japan studies? Prof. Matsuda Koichiro In the list of academic fields eligible for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, no such field...
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Ultra-aging Japan’s “issue of the 24th year of Reiwa” ― Department stores and...
Kawai Masashi, writer and journalist © Bungeishunju A new emperor has ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, marking the beginning of the Reiwa era. The whole of Japan is caught up in the celebratory mood....
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The reality of 1 million “middle-aged and elderly hikikomori” ― The aging of...
At the end of March, the Cabinet Office announced the results of their first survey of “middle-aged and elderly hikikomori.” They visited a random sample of 5,000 men and women aged 40–64 from all...
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For the realization of the SDGs: The characteristics of the SDGs and the...
The application of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is being promoted in organizational management in a variety of realms. The SDGs are also being focused on as one of the essential parts of...
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IT Changes in the Employment Environment for Seniors
Cloud system supports the employment environment for seniors Prof. Hirose Michitaka Japan is likely to see the arrival of the 100-year life era. If a person retires at the age of 65, the pension...
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Creating a “Future” Society: Iwate Prefecture’s Yahaba Town: creating a...
Residential participation: benefits and problems ——Please tell us how future design came to be introduced to Yahaba Town in Iwate Prefecture. Yoshioka Ritsuji, Director, Yahaba Town, Iwate Prefecture...
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