Current Issues
Abuse
Sept 22: New Awareness for Child Abuse
Aging Society
Sept 21: Respecting the 28.98 million ‘Aged’
Sept 11: Celebrating Japan’s Centenarians…
Caring for Animals
Oct 7: Dealing with Unwanted Pets in Japan
Crime & Justice
Sept 11: Problems with Japanese Justice System Highlighted
Education & Literacy
Nov 4: Ranking: 5 Japanese Universities in Top 100 Worldwide
Oct 26: People Reading Fewer Books in Japan
Oct 12: Kawabata Signals Education Changes
Oct 2: Is English Teaching a ‘McJob’?
Sept 21: Japan to More than Double Intake of Foreign Students
Sept 16: English Schools Continue to Lose Business
Environment
Sept 24: Full Text of Hatoyama’s Speech to the United Nations Summit on Climate Change
Sept 16: Expressway Tolls or CO2 Reductions: Competing Promises
Sept 10: Are DPJ Environment Targets Just Hot Air?
Sept 7: Environmental Plan Long on Ambition, Short on Details
Family Issues
Nov 5: Heartbreaking Account of a Foreign Father in Japan
Health Care
Oct 8: Govt. to Compensate for Problems with Inoculation Methods of H1N1 Vaccine
Sept 13: H1N1 Flu-Vaccine Trials Underline Trouble Getting Drugs into Japan
Sept 8: Japanese Health Care: No Utopia
Media
Oct 5: Who is Telling Us the News…?
Morality
Sept 16: Bars, Salons Employing Underage Girls
Natural Disasters
Sept 26: Taking Care of Ourselves in a Disaster
Poverty
Oct 21: 15.7% of Japanese Living in Poverty?
Suicide
Sept 30: Suicides Up 4.5% in Japan
Workplace Issues
Oct 7: Year-end Bonuses Down 13.1%
Oct 1: Japan’s Temporary Worker Problem
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