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Reference | EXPLAINER Apr 10, 2018

Internet piracy taking major bite out of Japan's famed manga culture

by Shusuke Murai

Japan's renowned manga culture is facing a crisis. The spread of smartphones and tablet computers allows people to read e-comics anywhere at any time. According to the Research Institute for Publications, annual sales of digital comics last year grew 17.2 percent from the previous year ...

Reference | EXPLAINER Mar 12, 2018

Abe's route to revising Article 9 crosses minefield of legalese

by Reiji Yoshida

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is now entering a critical phase of debate on what has been one of the most contentious political issues throughout the postwar years: whether and how the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution should be revised. Masahiko Komura, vice president ...