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Tom Aaron's Articles in Politics

  • Consumer-oriented Politics in Japan: What changes are coming?
    At times, Japan as a nation has vigorously embraced change. Since the 1970s, however, change in Japan has moved at what some see as a glacial pace. Enter the consumer-oriented Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Japan will change. The question is how much as the Japanese consumer waits and hopes for a more egalitarian society.
  • Japan and foreign residents: The Immigration Bureau and privacy
    In Japan, the current Diet session has bills in progress for revising the immigration law. The bills are expected to pass. Human rights groups are concerned that the Immigration Bureau will be able to access the personal information of all documented foreigners in Japan, infringing their privacy.
  • Japanese municipal governments and garbage philosophy
    Many Japanese parks and other locations fail to provide garbage cans. Local municipal governments hope that people will take their garbage home with them, but this does not always work.

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