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OPINION - The big issue currently faced by contemporary society is how it can redevelop a modern “principle of freedom” in a more real way.

Read more of the article entitled 'The Future of Philosophy'

In the Osaka mayoral election held on November 27 last year, the former Governor of Osaka Toru Hashimoto won an overwhelming victory over incumbent Kunio Hiramatsu.

Read more of the article entitled 'Interpreting the Osaka Mayoral Election through Tocqueville - Issues with Japanese Democracy'

Although the people in the coastal areas there had the highest awareness of tsunamis in the nation, many of them could not run in time from the tsunami that far exceeded their expectations, reaching more than ten meters in height, claiming the lives of many victims, and leaving nothing but piles of rubble.

Read more of the article entitled 'Preserving the Remains in Areas Struck by the Tsunami -Applying the Aftermath of the Tragedy to Disaster Education and Enlightenment'

On May 1st—some 50 days after the Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster—we visited Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture, which was severely affected by tsunamis, to conduct surveys and collect information on the earthquake disaster and the media.

Read more of the article entitled 'The Nuclear Power Plant Accident and the Media: Did They Overcome the Imperial General Headquarters’ Announcement?'

About 30 years ago, I drove northward from Sotobo in Chiba along the coastline in Fukushima and Miyagi as far as accessible by road, passing through inland areas in Iwate to Miyako again, and went up north to the Shimokita Peninsula.

Read more of the article entitled 'Potential Challenges for Safe Living: The Idea of Harmony with Nature Learnt from Cultural Heritages'