This book describes and clarifies how certain problems can be resolved in Japan and Asia. For the future, the focus should be on Japan, which can provide "common knowledge" as a public good. The book collects the results of researchers in Japan, China, South Korea, and Indonesia on declining...

1. Crossing Borders in South and Southeast Asia: Assessing Existing Problems through a New Lens -- 2. Addressing Urban Poverty through Empowerment and Inclusion in India -- 3. Development Efforts toward Ecological Sustainability in Calcutta: Transformation of a Metropolis -- 4. De facto State...

The Dawn of a New Common -- Covidspiracy: Old Wine in New Barrels? -- Do Not Pass Up the Opportunity! -- Internet Access as an Essential Social Good -- In-Work Poverty in Times of COVID-19 -- Being a Collective Jeremiah -- COVID-19 and the Secular Theodicy -- Online Proctoring Put to the Test --...