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Reference | EXPLAINER May 31, 2019

Moves are afoot to push media to switch Japanese name order in English, but will it work?

by Tomohiro Osaki

Some laugh it off as a First World problem. But others say the topic touches upon issues of identity, sovereignty and press freedom. Foreign Minister Taro Kono recently stirred controversy by saying he wants to change the way Japanese names have long been rendered in ...

Reference | EXPLAINER May 13, 2019

Will government pressure slash Japan's intricate web of smartphone fees?

by Kazuaki Nagata

Last August, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga dropped a bombshell remark that rattled Japan's mobile phone industry: "There is room to lower people's smartphone bills by around 40 percent." In the wake of the remarks by the government's top spokesman, a bill aimed at facilitating ...