Mainichi :: Sunday, September 27, 2009

• High-class restaurants' 'oil lubricating' business drying up due to lack of politicians
  Tokyo's entertainment districts are feeling the effect of the recent change in government. continued ...


• Book reveals new look at Japan's 'forced deaths'
  Years have passed since the yearly suicide total passed 30,000. Even though suicides are a serious social problem, they tend to be attributed to weakness in those individuals who choose to take their own lives. continued ...


• Perspectives :: Birth of Hatoyama's 'science' administration a step away from previous conceptions
  Birth of Hatoyama's 'science' administration a step away from previous conceptions continued ...