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Saori’s Kale Business: A Story of Female Entrepreneur
November 14, 2024 Chisato Nakatsugawa and Sora Matsuo The frequency of seeing kale in Japan is perhaps less than in other countries. If...
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How Can Job-Seekers Show Their Personality in A Black Recruit Uniform?
January 27, 2024 Fuka Arai Japanese companies tend to ask job seekers to wear “recruit suits” with a black jacket, skirt/trousers, pumps,...
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Pro-Gender Equality as A Fashion?
July 27, 2023 Kiwa Tomonari A Japanese cosmetics brand called Canmake Tokyo has changed their jingle from "Girls are very enjoyable!" to...
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Is There “Diversity” in A Lookism Society?
January 27, 2024 Momo Muraki There is no standard definition of "beauty." If it is truly so, you can define it whatever you like. But...
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Cultural Appropriation: What Is the True Kimono?
July 3, 2022 Momoho Kumekawa Kim Kardashian, a celebrity and business person in the U.S., has launched a brand Skims, which sells...
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Eriko Yamaguch’s Spirit Still Lives in the Brand
July 2, 2022 Kiho Taguchi Motherhouse is a Japanese fashion brand that has strong capacity of product design and planning, manufacturing,...
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Don’t Undermine Freedom of Expression
July 3, 22 Arisa Yajima On April 4, 2022, a full-page advertisement for the comic Tawawa on Monday ( Getsuyo-bino Tawawa) published in...
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Necessity of A Spouse’s Consent for Abortion
July 07, 2022 Hikari Ishikawa Is a spouse’s consent necessary for an abortion? In Japan, the curettage method accounts for 80% of all...
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Japanese Idols Take Actions Against COVID-19
May 30, 2020 Misato Sasaki Johnny & Associates, the top agency of Japanese entertainment, started their social contribution to counter...
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The Day When Bullying Disappears from Japan
August 9, 2019 Misaki Nishi Have you ever witnessed or been bullied by your classmates, friends, or yourself being bullied? Currently,...
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Actual Situations for Smartphone Addiction
August 8, 2019 Aoi Kojima How many hours do you use the smartphone in a day? Can you live without a smartphone? Smartphones are very...
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The Current State of A Pet Superpower
Saori Kikutani February 27, 2019 Do you think how many animals are euthanized per year in Japan? Unfortunately, euthanasia is the only...
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Poverty Problem of Single Mother Families
Sae Kanazawa February 27, 2019 In Japan, poverty level of single-mother family is one of the serious social problems. There are about 52...
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"Rainbow Consumption" and Sexual Minority in Japan
July 26, 2018 Akari Aoki “About one out of thirteen Japanese is sexual minority.” That fact became clear by a survey of a major...
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Smart Phone Changed Our Life
July 26, 2018 Homare Itoh In 1970, the first wireless phone appeared in Japan. Personal cell phones have come a long way since their...
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How Does Japan Make Itself a Global Society?
July 25, 2018 Yumeka Nakata Do you know how many foreigners move to Japan as labor force? According to the Ministry of Justice, the...
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Powerful Gear for Job Hunting? Beauty Lessons Open Path to Business Professionals
July 13, 2017 Akari Aoki, Megumi Kitazawa, Mai Watanabe, and Misa Ogura In Japan, people usually graduate from college in March and start...
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