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In response to the unprecedented disaster that Eastern Japan faced on March 11, 2011, Waseda University established a disaster response headquarters immediately after the earthquake, and worked towards determining which students, alumni and teachers were affected as well as working on other urgent needs.

Read more of the article entitled 'Explaining the Characteristics of the Great East Japan Earthquake using the Idea of Complex Crises'

Megumi Suto, a Professor at Waseda University, delves into the relationship between the economy and society.

Read more of the article entitled 'Using finance theory to examine the ideal form of corporations and society'

Miho Namba, an Associate Professor at Waseda University, shares her thoughts on the communication of science and technology in Japan, taking the activities of the Science Media Centre at the time of the earthquake as an example.

Read more of the article entitled 'Science and Technology - Has the Vital Information Been Delivered? '

Professor Sadahiko Kano from the Faculty of International Research and Education, Waseda University, explores the challenges for international standardization.

Read more of the article entitled 'Can Electronic Medical Records Contribute to the Progress of Medicine?'

Japanese workers are said to be hard working. One of the reasons is the long working hours. So-called full-time employees work some 2,000 hours per year, which is 400 hours longer than their counterparts in Germany or France.

Read more of the article entitled 'Overtime Work in Japan – No Easy Way to Reduce Working Hours'