Defence fund draws record 560 applications, including first grants to 11 universities
The Defense Ministry's security technology research program received more than 500 proposals for fiscal 2026, with universities accounting for 291 of them.
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Mochizuki book pulled after errors; author says lawyers are preparing a statement
Asahi Shimbun Publishing halted sales of the lawmaker-journalist's dialogue book on Nov. 1, after a high-school reporter she wrote about was misdescribed.
Yamamoto Mona on playing up her femininity to survive 1990s TV
The former announcer, who passed the bar exam at 50, recalls a 20s spent fitting in and the career turn that came at 29.
Japan's Constitution Preamble Was Written by an American. Can "the Japanese People" Still Inherit His Vision?
A constitutional scholar at Iwate University says Alfred Rodman Hussey's idea of peace as a human right is embedded in the preamble — and asks whether the country can carry it forward.
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