Waseda University

Waseda University was founded in 1882 by Shigenobu Okuma, later Prime Minister of Japan, with the aim of fostering contemporary Japanese leaders. It has since developed into a comprehensive university with now more than fifty thousand students and staff, comprising 13 Undergraduate Schools, 23 Graduate Schools, and other Research and Affiliated Institutes.

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Entre nécessité économique et attachement à l’homogénéité culturelle, le Japon peine à définir sa relation aux étrangers. Federico Abis/Pexels

Le Japon attire toujours plus d’étrangers, mais l’opinion publique se durcit

Le Japon accueille aujourd’hui un nombre record de touristes et de travailleurs étrangers. Pourtant, une nouvelle enquête montre qu’une large majorité de Japonais soutient un durcissement des règles encadrant leur présence et leurs activités.
La mezquita de Baiturrahim era una de las pocas estructuras que quedaban en pie en la ciudad de Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Frans Delian / Shutterstock

Tsunami de Indonesia: esto es lo que hemos aprendido 20 años después de la mayor catástrofe natural de la historia moderna

El desastre del océano Índico nos demuestra que necesitamos alertas tempranas, diques más sólidos y personas que conozcan los riesgos.
Proses wisuda virtual seorang mahasiswa Universitas Sam Raulangi di Manado, Sulawesi Utara. (ANTARA FOTO/Adwit B. Pramono)

Bagaimana COVID‑19 akan menghasilkan lebih banyak pengangguran muda di Indonesia

COVID-19 dapat memperburuk lapangan kerja untuk anak muda di Indonesia melalui tiga hal: memperketat syarat masuk pasar kerja, menurunkan level pendapatan, hingga memperburuk kondisi ketenagakerjaan.
The virtual graduation ceremony of a Sam Ratulangi University student in Manado, North Sulawesi. (ANTARA FOTO/Adwit B. Pramono)

How the COVID‑19 pandemic will leave more young people unemployed in Indonesia

COVID-19 will worsen the labour market for Indonesia’s young graduates in three ways: higher barriers of entry into the job market, long lasting lower income levels, and worsening labour conditions.
Others might be more inspired by American democracy if the US were widely seen to be a just and tolerant society and its leading politicians were not loudmouthed xenophobes. Justin Lane/EPA

Western democracy needs humility to step beyond its own shadow

The value of democracy needs to be restated and defended, rather than presumed. In doing so, there is value in adopting a more tempered stance, one that understands its worth but also its flaws.
Donald Trump’s boastful and bullying leadership style encapsulates many of the worst features and sentiments of today’s world. Darron Bergenheier/flick

Humility’s value for democracy in dark times

In a world out of balance, one in which arrogance and unaccountability combine in a corrosive synergy, humility can offer a powerful alternative vision of how to approach democratic government.
It will get easier. Shrug via PathDoc/shutterstock

Learning to speak English? Making yourself understood isn’t all about the accent

Being able to communicate effectively in a foreign language is a challenge faced by many of us. If you’re a newcomer to a country, conveying a message in a language that is not your mother tongue is often…
President Obama and senior US officials watch the raid on bin Laden. White House

Arab world won’t miss bin Laden: he was never that popular anyway

Superficially the death of Osama bin Laden on May 1 in Pakistan is a spectacular event; the sort that might one day elicit the “Where were you” type question from a curious youth hearing about al-Qa’eda…

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