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Vol.76 2012
Special Feature:What are Today's Problems?

Anxiety in the midst of a Comfortable Stagnation: The National Mood in Japan Today
by Masayuki Tadokoro

Thinking about the Role of the Spiritual in Human Happiness
by Kyo Cho

Living with Fear: A Consideration of Ikutaro Shimizu's Earthquake Warnings
by Tadashi Karube

Toward the Pacific Century
by Yuichi Hosoya

The State of Arab Political Regimes One Year after the Arab Spring
by Satoshi Ikeuchi

The Public Use of Reason and Responsible "Follower-ship"
by Kiyokazu Washida

Essays

Descriptions of Art in the Novels of Natsume Soseki
by Toru Haga

Thoughts on Japan's Shinkansen and France's TGV
by Shuji Takashina

Articles

The Reelection of Ma Ying-jeou and Taiwan's Self-Reformation
by Yasuhiro Matsuda

Japan's Electric Industry after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
by Takeo Kikkawa

Photoessay

A Revival of Traditional Okinawan Kumiodori—Changing Children's Lives

Essays

The Importance of the "Unofficial" Sector in Radio Culture
by Hiroshi Watanabe

Humidity and the Short Life of Wooden Buildings in Japan
by Terunobu Fujimori

Too Many Deer
by Daisaburo Okumoto

Articles

An In-Depth Analysis of the Euro Crisis
by Ken Endo

Japan and the "Citizen"
by Hiroshi Nakanishi

The Realism of Nixon and Mao
by Hideo Otake

Correspondence on Current Thought

The Crime of Political Innocence
by Mark Lilla

The Authoritarian and Imperialist Basso Continuo of Russian Politics
by Shigeki Hakamada

Two American Populist Movements—The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street
by Jonathan Rauch

An Anatomy of Theories of Italian National Character
by Silvio Vita

Talks with Authors

The Fragile Fruits of Civilization
Masayuki Tadokoro talks with Masakazu Yamazaki about his new book

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