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A scene from the fresco "Effects of Good Government in the City and the Countryside" by Ambrogio Lorenzetti

COMMENTARY / World

Nov 26, 2025

How art reveals the values that sustain lasting peace

Peace emerges from everyday cooperation, shared values and harmony with nature, not just decisions made by rulers.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

New Logistics Consortium baton to accelerate trucking efficiency

New Logistics Consortium baton to accelerate trucking efficiency

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