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The Beijing Olympic Games attracted the world's attention even before it had started. One of the incidents symbolizing this was the protest against the Olympic Torch Relay.

Read more of the article entitled 'Good and Bad of the Beijing Olympic Games - The Ideals Sought by Baron Pierre de Coubertin - '

Now, on the opposite side of the globe to Japan and quite far away from it, the largest Japanese community in the world is coming into the spotlight. It is a Japanese community of more than 1.5 million in Brazil whose seasons are opposite from those in Japan.

Read more of the article entitled 'Centennial of Japanese Emigration to Brazil '

In spite of tighter security than ever before in the Olympic Games history, large-scaled civil riots and repeated terrorist bombings have occurred here and there in China. This report describes why so many civil protests and riots occur even when the Olympic Games as a symbol of national solidarity is just around the corner.

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Concurrently with 21 other countries, SoftBank began selling iPhones in Japan on July 11, selling a reported one million units in three days. This paper will review how the iPhone has affected the Japanese cell phone market.

Read more of the article entitled 'Social Reform: iPhone’s 3G'

In the Group of Eight Hokkaido Toyako Summit 2008 which was held from July 7 to July 9, one of the main themes raised was the problem of global warming.

Read more of the article entitled 'Can the World Achieve the Transition to a Low Carbon Society? – Issues for Japan raised by the Group of Eight Hokkaido Toyako Summit 2008 '