About 68,000 people aged 65 and over in Japan are estimated to die alone at home unnoticed annually, data collected by the National Police Agency… Read
The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to bank and tax fraud, a formality ahead of a plea… Read
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Kai Wegner, mayor of Berlin, beats a taiko drum at the German ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Tuesday. See
A new bill currently being discussed in the Diet would give the government the authority to revoke the permanent residency status of foreigners who don't make the required payments into the country’s mandatory pension system. What do you think about this? Read
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When we think about harm, we typically think of physical or psychological suffering. But ethicists point out that we can also suffer “moral injury” when… Read
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