Part 1: Public Confidence in Japan's Police at Record Low
Part 2: Rising Crime Rates Overwhelm Japan
Part 3: Scandals Undermine Public Confidence in the Police
Part 4: A Policeman's Perspective on the Force's Current Difficulties
Part 5: Perceptions of Crimes Committed by Foreigners
Part 6: Police White Papers focusing on Foreign Crime

Part 1: Numerical Targets for Childcare Leave
Part 2: Comments on the Proposed Numerical Targets for Childcare Leave
Part 3: Italy-Japan Comparisons
Part 4: Immigration Scenarios
Part 5: German Immigration Policy Comparisons
Part 6: A Role for Returnee Emigrants
Part 7: Debating the Influence of Immigration on the Birthrate
Part 8: Population Scenarios and Economic Consequences
Part 9: METI Recommends Increasing the Number of Foreigners in Japan

Part 1: Paternal Childcare Leave in Japan 2002
Part 2: Japanese Tax and Pension Reform Proposals 2002: Abolition of the Spouse Special Tax Deduction
Part 3: U.S.-Japan Social Policy Comparisons

Part 1: Declining Birthrates, Fewer Marriages, More Divorces
Part 2: Poor Families Suffer as the Japanese Economy Continues to Deteriorate
Part 3: Population Data Shows Declining Birthrates, Fewer Marriages and More Divorces
Part 4: Declining Birthrates, Fewer Marriages and Divorces

Part 1: Chinese Direct Investment in Japan
Part 2: Japan's Prefectures Attract Foreign Investors
Part 3: Will Welsh Companies One Day Invest in Japan?
Part 4: German and Finnish Foreign Direct Investment

Part 1: Male and Female Participation Rates in Higher Education
Part 2: The Development of the Two-year Women's Junior College System
Part 3: How Gender Imbalances in Education Impede Women in the Workplace
Part 4: The Changing Nature of the University-Prospective Student Relationship
Part 5: Gender Bias in the Parental Allocation of Financial Resources for Education

Part 1: Visa status of non-Japanese spouses in 2002
Part 2: Impact of 17 October 2002 Supreme Court decision on International Marriages
Part 3: Amerasian Children in Okinawa
Part 4: Basic Data on International Marriage in 2002
Part 5: Grounds for Divorce and Legal Considerations

Part 1: Japan Asserts its Middle East Policy
Part 2: Japan seeks bigger Middle East Role
Part 3: Japan's star rises in Jerusalem
Part 4: Japan bets on Middle East peace
Part 5: Current Israeli Attitudes towards International Initiatives
Part 6: Japan-Syria Relations
Part 7: Palestinian Attitudes towards Japan
Part 8: Iraqi Attitudes towards Japan

Part 1: Japanese Anti-War Sentiment on Iraq in Accord with Global Opinion
Part 2: Japanese Anti-War Sentiment Reaches New Heights
Part 3: Koizumi Coming under Pressure over Iraq Policy
Part 4: Opinions about Dispatching Japanese Troops to Postwar Iraq
Part 5: Postwar Opinions about the Iraq Conflict

Part 1: The Achievements of the Hosokawa Administration
Part 2: Reflections on the Hosokawa Administration
Part 3: Timeline and Background to the Rise and Fall of the Hosokawa Cabinet

Part 1: Japan's UNSC bid builds up momentum
Part 2: The Impact of the UN Reform Proposals on China-Japan Relations
Part 3: G8 and EU tensions over UNSC Expansion
Part 4: Does Japan Need a UN Security Council Seat?
Part 5: US Policy May Hurt Japan's UN Dream
Part 6: UN Security Council Reform Timeline for June 2005
Part 7: G-4 Needs African Union Support
Part 8: Japan's UN Dream Suffers a Setback

Part 1: Takeshima-Dokdo Islands Dispute
Part 2: Senkaku-Diaoyu Islands Dispute
Part 3: Northern Territories-Southern Kuriles Dispute: Overview and Timeline
Part 4: Northern Territories Dispute: A Russian Perspective
Part 5: Northern Territories: Koizumi-Putin Meeting Fails to Make Progress

Part 1: Living Longer, Divorcing Later
Part 2: Japanese Marriage Trends in 2002
Part 3: Record Number of Marital Dissolutions in 2001
Part 4: Inequality in Japanese Marriage and Divorce Laws in 2002
Part 5: Pregnant Brides a Growing Trend

Part 1: Pana Wave Laboratory Cult Claims Japan's Fate is Sealed
Part 2: The Impact of the Aum Shinrikyo Cult on Dealing with Other Japanese Cults
Part 3: The Asahara Verdict Highlights Police Failures
Part 4: The Media's Failure in the Aum Shinrikyo Case

Part 1: Poorest Japanese Families Getting Poorer
Part 2: Japanese Child Support Payments in 2002
Part 3: Increasing Cases of Destitution in 2002
Part 4: The Elderly and Lone-mothers Compete for Resources
Part 5: Poor Lone-mother Families Neglected by Policymakers
Part 6: Surge in the Number of Poor Japanese Families (i): Fatherless Families Hit 1.22 Million
Part 7: Surge in the Number of Poor Japanese Families (ii): High Divorce Rates Creating More Poor Families
Part 8: Case Study Illustrates Inadequacy of Child Support System

Part 1: The Suicide Crisis amongst Middle-Aged Men
Part 2: The Impact of the Suicide Rate on Life Insurance Policies
Part 3: An Introduction to "Muri-shinju" or Murder-suicide
Part 4: Determining Suicide as the Cause of Death
Part 5: Incorrectly Recorded Suicides
Part 6: Railway Suicides and Compensation Claims
Part 7: Anti-Suicide Measures at Railway Stations
Part 8: Supreme Court Rules that Insurance Companies Must Pay out in Suicide Cases
Part 9: Suicides Reach Record High in 2003
Part 10: Youth and Rural Suicides on the Rise
Part 11: Comparing International Rates of Suicide
Part 12: Factors Influencing the Rising Suicide Rate
Part 13: Do International Comparisons have any meaning?
Part 14: Youth Suicide in the International Context
Part 15: An Introduction to Internet Suicide
Part 16: Suicide Websites
Part 17: Profile of internet suicide groups

Part 1: Universities Suffer as the Population Declines

Part 1: New Gains Made in Early 2003
Part 2: Economic Position of Japanese Women in the Coming Decade
Part 3: Is Balancing Family and Work Responsibilities Becoming Easier for Women?

Part 1: Too Few Women in Japanese Politics
Part 2: More Women Candidates Fight April 2003 Local Elections
Part 3: Women Candidates Make Gains in the 2003 Unified Local Elections
Part 4: Female Governors Advance
Part 5: Japan's Women Mayors
Part 6: Fewer Female Candidates Run in Lower House Election
Part 7: Fewer Women Elected in November 2003 Lower House Election
Part 8: Japan's First Female Lower House Speaker Bows out of Frontline Politics
Part 9: International Comparisons with Japan's Female Lawmakers
Part 10: Advances of Women Politicians in 2004
Part 11: Female Governors Become a Permanent Fixture

Part 1: "Parasite Singles" in the International Context
Part 2: "Parasite Singles" in Europe and Japan
Part 3: Increasing Unemployment and Poor Work Opportunities
Part 4: Anorexia and other Teenage Eating Disorders on the Rise
Part 5: "Parasite Singles" and Female Unemployment
Part 6: Britain's "Kippers" Rival Japan's "Parasite Singles"

[Editor's Note: The list here includes a number of articles posted outside of this section, which are indicated in italics. Although those articles are intended to be read separately and individually, they are included here for the readers who may be interested in other works by the author, compiled in accordance with the author's request.]
-- Thirtieth Anniversary of Sino-Japanese Ties: Still Many Rivers to Cross
-- Meteoric Rise in the Number of Chinese Students
-- Koizumi Keeps Sino-Japanese Ties Locked in the Past with Shrine Visit
-- Only Koizumi cannot go to China
-- Anti-foreign Rhetoric Risks Isolating Tokyo
-- Koizumi's Dangerous Game of Nationalism
-- Koizumi's Shrine Visits May Cost Japan China Deals
-- Island Dispute Damages Sino-Japanese Relations
-- Beijing and Tokyo Both Losers after Asia Cup
-- China Emerges as New Japan Investor
-- Yasukuni Shrine Continues to Poison Sino-Japanese Relations
-- Fukuoka murders put pressure on Japan's Chinese community
-- Submarine incident strains Japan-China ties
-- Hu warns Koizumi against going to Yasukuni
-- Beijing gives Koizumi a double-whammy
-- Japanese Business demands Koizumi moderate China policy
-- China's Popularity Plummets in Japan
-- Murder Trial Harms Japan-China Ties
-- US-Japan Accord Angers China
-- Protests threaten China-Japan economic ties
-- Japanese perspective on the current Tokyo-Beijing tensions
-- Japan becoming increasingly wary of China
-- China-Japan Relations under New Strain
-- China-Japan Timeline for May 2005
-- Tensions with China are polarizing Japan
-- China-Japan Relations under the Koizumi Administration Series: - China-Japan Timeline for June 2005
-- China-Japan Relations under the Koizumi Administration Series: - The Moral and Economic Case against Yasukuni Pilgrimages
-- China-Japan Relations under the Koizumi Administration Series: - The Case for Koizumi's Yasukuni Shrine Pilgrimages
-- China-Japan Relations under the Koizumi Administration Series: - What are the Solutions to the Yasukuni dilemma?
-- What Consequences Could Arise if Koizumi Continues to Visit the Yasukuni Shrine?