Speech Materals 339 Osaka rejects city reform plan; Hashimoto to retire
The people of Osaka have voted down plans to abolish the city government and convert Osaka into five special administrat...
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Speech Materals 338 LDP panel proposes new teacher recruitment system
An Education Ministry sub-committee on education reform set up by the government has recommended changing the way teache...
Speech Materals 337 String May Work Better Than BMI In Determining Body Fat, Health Risks
For over a century, doctors have been improving on the body mass index (BMI), their go-to method for determining whether...
Speech Materals 336 Forget the ‘To-Do’ List, You Need a ‘Stop Doing’ List
It’s interesting to think about the things you want to accomplish in life and work towards those goals. This is, after a...
Speech Materals 335 Star Trek technology that we use today
Without Star Trek we may not have ever been able to make phone calls whenever and wherever we please. Cell phones are a ...
Speech Materals 334 How ISIS makes (and takes) money
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has crude, stomach-turning tactics when it comes to dealing with its enemy, but expe...
Speech Materals 333 Why Elite Colleges Are Targeting Baby Boomers for New Career Programs
Harvard and Stanford have launched programs for high-level execs seeking to change careers. Other universities are looki...
Speech Materals 332 The top 10 rural regions of Japan that Tokyo residents would like to move to
There’s a widespread belief in Japan that if you want to achieve educational or economic success, you come to Tokyo. As ...
Speech Materals 331 Gov’t releases guidelines for moral education
The Education Ministry has released guidelines to make moral education a special subject in schools by fiscal 2018. Educ...
Speech Materals 330 These are the top geopolitical risks of 2015
International stories rise and fall so quickly in today’s media. On Monday, it’s civil conflict in Ukraine. On Tuesday, ...
Speech Materals 329 How your desk should be organized
In the office, your desk is your command center. And experts said how well it's organized can help set the tone and prod...