Quote of the Day
Students who had long persevered are embarking on extended overseas study programs now that COVID-19 has settled down.
Taku Shinohara, vice president for educational affairs at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Finally free of travel restrictions created by the coronavirus pandemic, more students are studying abroad despite having to bear higher costs. Read
Our customers are highly interested in health and beauty, as seen in cases in which both husband and wife receive the service together and service users bring in others by word of mouth.
Ryota Marui, manager of the Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi store in Tokyo. Japanese department stores are expanding medical and beauty care services to take advantage of an increase in consumers wishing to avoid disease and stay healthy both inside and outside. Read
A major problem now is that there are children who have shut themselves in at home. We hope to give them an opportunity to take a step forward toward the future.
Hiroaki Uragami, superintendent of the Yao Municipal Board of Education in Osaka Prefecture. The board has been running a metaverse learning platform for children who have stopped attending class, aiming to provide them with a virtual "place to belong" outside schools. Read
Earlier, we thought we'd hire women to just fill in for a shortage of male workers, but now we view them as fully equal.
Takuzen Motoyama, 38, president of Hiroshima waste disposal company Taiyo Co. The company has made efforts to improve its working conditions and now women, including many with children, represent around 40% of its workforce. Read
Once a home is more than 10 or 15 years old, its value is worse than nothing because of the cost of demolishing it. Land without anything on it has a higher value than land with a pre-owned house on it.
Richard Koo, chief economist at Japan's Nomura Research Institute. Japan has millions of abandoned houses in the countryside. With Japanese buyers preferring new over used homes, older homes are often abandoned when owners die or younger generations refuse to inherit them. Read
The more talented researchers are, the more likely they will leave Japan, resulting in a decline in the country's academic standards.
Eisuke Enoki, who heads a group that examines issues involving scientific policy. He said that in recent years, there has been an increasing outflow of Japanese scientific researchers. Read
Once you become addicted to drugs, you instantly lose other people's trust.
Yoji Miura of the nonprofit Japan Darc, which supports people fighting drug addiction to return to society. Read
China makes claims that are not scientific. If I were to speak for the Japanese government, I would say, ‘We don’t want China of all countries to say something like that.'
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Akira Amari, saying Japanese people do not want to hear China say anything about the release of treated water into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Read
In terms of economic clout, Japan can’t beat China, so it’s important for Japan to show its partners that it’s willing to get involved on a long-term basis.
Etsuyo Arai, director of the South Asian Studies Group, Area Studies Center, at the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization. Japan and China have locked horns over aid diplomacy to emerging and developing countries in key maritime locations. Read
Young Japanese should first become aware of environmental issues and then they should find out what they can do on their own and swing into action.
Park Joonha, a social psychology professor at the Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, suggesting how young Japanese people can avoid suffering from "eco-anxiety" that their hobbies and activities may be contributing to environmental problems. Read
