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Nearly every country in the world shuttered its schools due to COVID-19. Now, from Israel to Uruguay, many students are back in class, with varying degrees of success.
To ban or not to ban plastic bag use
A new country launches a mission to Mars. A space expert explains what this means for the Middle East and the African continent.
There are many reasons to criticise China, but a Camp David pile-on is the last thing Morrison needs to associate himself with given the tenuous state of Sino-Australian relations.
Are ‘murder hornets’ from Asia invading North America? A Japanese entomologist who’s been stung by one and lived to tell the tale explains what’s true about these predatory insects.
Japan’s coronavirus infections continue to rise as its neighbors’ curves flatten. Why aren’t people listening to the government and staying home?
An erratic response to coronavirus shows how Japan’s domestic policy is out-of-sync with its desired global image.
You don’t have to believe the official figures to realise that the rate of spread of the virus in Japan has been slower than in other countries.
Japan’s process of testing for Covid-19 has been criticised.
As the sun sets on world markets, rumours of the death of investors’ favourite safe haven have been much exaggerated.
Could the Olympic Games be postponed for the first time in its history?
Japan took a fresh approach to ensuring their society was more resilient to the frequent earthquakes they experience. We could learn from its experience.
Recent changes to the Japanese justice system have tried to make it more transparent and equitable.
Social networks tend to encourage behaviour considered deviant by local populations.
How many people realise that the central banks’ great programme for reviving the global economy involves hand-picking which companies and sectors to help out?
Icelandic whalers have killed more than 1,700 whales since a global ban was adopted in 1986 – up to 2019, when no hunts took place. Is Iceland quietly getting out of the business?
The Trump administration is demanding that Japan and South Korea pay more for hosting U.S. troops.
Body mass matters in rugby. But other factors play a bigger role in determining victory.
The US is still a major world power and world leaders need to keep in Donald Trump’s good books.
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Faculty (Japan Campus), Temple University
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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University
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Lecturer in International Relations and Japanese Foreign Policy, University of East Anglia
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
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Lecturer in International Relations, Loughborough University
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Lecturer, Language and Culture, Keele University
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Adjunct Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Antarctic Law Researcher, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Sendai Shirayuri Women’s College
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Adjunct professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate, Department of English Language & Literature, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England
