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Ignoring repeated warnings from the international community, Russia has invaded Ukraine. Why was it not possible to prevent a crisis that had been predicted in advance?

This fiscal year is being called year zero for so-called scientific nursing care, which utilizes technology to provide the most effective forms of support.

The sauna industry is heating up in Japan. An increasing number of people are sweating it out in new and novel, high-heat settings, including private saunas for individuals, mobile saunas installed in converted buses and camping-tent saunas that can be enjoyed outdoors. Some local governments are even attempting to turn…

KYOTO -- Those commuting to a welfare facility for people with disabilities in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, make corsages for those attending school graduations and entrance ceremonies in the spring. They used paper and wires to make the corsages of paper roses in red, pink and white. They first drew petals…

At the tender age of 18, Yusuke Azuma joined baseball star Shohei Ohtani and other notables on Forbes Japan magazine's "30 Under 30" list of influential young people for 2021. Azuma currently juggles life as a high school student with a job as a professional video game trainer.

Becoming a professional e-sports player has become a dream job for many children today.

Out of the about 1,500 children removed from foster family placements per fiscal year in 2019 and 2020, nearly 20% experienced "placement breakdowns," according to a survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun.

There is a growing movement in the United States and Europe to call on companies to check their business partners for committing human rights violations such as forced labor. The Japanese government should also strongly support companies to take action.

"I wonder if I can ever be part of a family," said a 19-year-old girl from the Kanto region who moved from one foster family to another.

It is important to actively discuss issues related to the Constitution and sort out points of contention and the direction of revision. It is hoped that the Diet will fulfill its responsibility by continuing constructive discussions.

Japanese companies operating in Ukraine have been pulling out employees and taking other precautions as tensions mounted with Russia.