Institute for Social Vision Design

Feature Series

Series that track structural themes beyond individual articles. Accumulating insights through data and analysis.

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3 articles · Ongoing

Feature: Structure of Japan's Social Security

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A series examining Japan's social safety net — elderly care, child poverty, and public assistance — through structural analysis.

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Articles

  1. 01The Structure of the Care Worker Crisis — An 'Invisible Roadmap' to 2040
  2. 02The 'Depth' of Child Poverty — What the Relative Poverty Rate Cannot Tell Us
  3. 03Public Assistance Take-up Rate at 20% — The Invisible Leakage in Japan's Safety Net
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2 articles · Ongoing

Feature: Structure of Japan's Labor Market

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Decoding the structural challenges of Japan's labor market — unemployment, non-regular employment, and wage disparities — through data.

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Articles

  1. 01The Structure of Unemployment — Reading Today's Employment Through Age Groups and Job Openings Ratios
  2. 02Employment 'Quantity' Has Recovered — But What About 'Quality'? Structural Challenges in Japan's Labor Market as Revealed by Data
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Feature: Global Structural Shifts

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Tracking global structural shifts across politics, diplomacy, economics, environment, technology, conflict, and religion.

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Articles

  1. 01U.S.–Israeli Military Strikes on Iran — Implications for Energy Security and Civil Society
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Feature: AI & Society

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Exploring how AI reshapes cognition, labor, governance, and social structures — beyond the technology itself.

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Articles

  1. 01Anthropic vs. the Pentagon — When an AI Company's Ethical Judgment Collides with National Security
  2. 02AI Regulation in the United States: Federal vs. State — Can a Unified Framework Be Achieved?
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