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The phrase “corporate governance” spread rapidly throughout Japan from around the late 1990s. When looking at newspaper articles, the frequency of usage for the phrase “corporate governance” suddenly increased in 1997, in the midst of a worsening bank crisis and bad debt problems.

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This was a send-off game held immediately before the mobilization of students to war, held under the feeling of “everything is coming to an end”. The game occupies a clear position in the historical process of the Asia-Pacific War, and in continuing to transmit the game to future generations.

Read more of the article entitled 'Publication of “Late 1943: The Final Waseda-Keio Baseball Game” – First joint research between Waseda and Keio – '

Published for the first time last year, the new Michelin Tokyo, 2009 was released on November 28, 2008. Prof. Ikuhiro Fukuda who has been using the original Michelin France for more than 20 years gives his opinion on Michelin Tokyo and points out major differences between European and Japanese food culture.

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Journalist and news anchor Tetsuya Chikushi lost his battle with lung cancer in November 2008. He was a lecturer in Waseda University. His colleague and fellow news anchor, Yasuhiro Tase remembers his legacy.

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Professor Morikawa from Waseda University analyzes the love affairs of college students and the era of the “marriage hunting” that is expected to materialize in the near future.

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