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Virginia Postrel
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2021
Telemedicine will be great after COVID-19, too
By April 2020, half of U.S. physicians had adopted some version of telemedicine, up from 18% in 2018.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2020
Planet Earth is a giant cruise ship
Fear of disease can change everyday habits. Sometimes that’s a good thing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2018
The art of Melania Trump’s green jacket
The art worn by the first lady means whatever you want it to mean.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2016
Conservatives in academia need to ‘come out’
Unless left-wing academics come to value, or at least tolerate, political diversity, intellectual inquiry in the humanities and social sciences faces a bleak future.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2015
Google’s project for ‘smart clothes’ gets it right
If Google Project Jacquard succeeds, we’ll be able to wear touch-sensitive clothing that can control electronic devices.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2015
Dispelling the glamor factor of Islamic State
The Pentagon is trying to figure out why Islamic State has been so successful at attracting followers. Islamic State’s recruitment imagery offers a different, more contemporary and overtly violent form of glamour.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2014
Speech rules turn college into no-thought zone
In the U.S., vague bans on ‘offensive’ language and other ‘politically correct’ measures that most people think of when they imagine college speech codes are increasingly being joined by quarantine policies that restrict all student speech, regardless of its content.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2014
Is a New York Times picture worth 1,000 polls?
New research suggests that positive images in The New York Times portend better poll numbers to come. If true, there’s hope for President Barack Obama in light of the photo spread for a big story last week.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2014
Watch out for colleges with ‘free speech zones’
Designating a limited ‘free speech zone’ is one way in which American colleges try to squelch spontaneous action or immediate responses to controversial news.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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