Meaning of とされる in Japanese

It is the drop in the rice pricing (blamed on consumers' loss of interest in rice and the freeing up of the international market) that is the cause.

The money needed will be given at any time.

In Japan, it is proper to bow when you meet someone.

Especially over the last 20 years, the purported link between progressive welfare policies and economic failure in the Northern European countries seems to point to the difficulty of sustaining both full social welfare and international competitivity.

He gave the right to become children of God.

In medical research, one of the first problems is to isolate the cause of the disease.

A good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation.

In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.

This sort of work calls for a lot of patience.

In Canada, there are many areas where it is illegal to log trees.