Yomiuri Editorial

The supplementary budget proposal for fiscal 2025, totaling ¥18.3 trillion, was approved at the House of Representatives plenary session. The rulin...

Following the Supreme Court ruling in June this year that the significant reduction in welfare benefits over three years starting in 2013 was illeg...

Securing a stable and inexpensive electric power source and stimulating the economy are highly important. Nuclear power plants are a trump card in ...

NHK faces a severe business environment, including a growing tendency for people not to watch television and a decline in subscription contracts. I...

Many people must have been startled by the strong earthquake that occurred late at night. Earthquakes and tsunamis can happen anytime and anywhere....

The foreign and security policies that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to advance carry the risk of overturning and collaps...

Next year’s shunto spring wage negotiations will be a critical moment for overcoming prolonged high prices. The labor and management sides are urge...

This act by the Chinese Navy could lead to unforeseen events and is extremely dangerous.

Despite the collapse of a half-century-long dictatorship, Syria is in ruins after nearly 14 years of civil war, and conflicts stemming from sectari...

Southeast Asia and South Asia have been hit by torrential rains, which caused extensive damage. It is hoped that the governments of various countri...

Retrials, which redo criminal trials, are a last resort of redress for people who have been wrongfully convicted. Keeping this fundamental purpose ...

Last year, a spate of robberies, related to “dark part-time jobs,” in the Tokyo metropolitan area sent shockwaves through society. It is significan...

The ruling coalition intends to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives, no matter what, if ruling and opposition parties cannot...

Opaque donations seem to have become the source of a collusive relationship between a doctor and a corporation. The university must review its meth...

It is praiseworthy that commissions on the Constitution of both houses of the Diet have for many years engaged in “free debate” to openly and frank...