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There are always countless reasons behind human behavior that are not immediately apparent.

We tend to focus on what we know, see, and hear—relying on memory-based statistics and subjective impressions.

A testament to this complexity is the inability of any government to fully control or influence the sexual behavior of populations.

Simplistic statements, such as attributing low birth rates in Japan and South Korea to cultural traits like emotional restraint, overlook deeper factors.

One consistent reason behind low birth rates, however, is survival. When survival is uncertain, all animals, including humans, naturally reduce reproductive activities.

The animal under the uniform of any profession cannot be hidden or tamed by education, social norms, or threat of punishment, sooner or later, depending on external and internal circumstances, it will show its real nature.

Note: The American Museum of Natural History and many academic institutions, such as those involved in biological and anthropological research, also classify humans as animals based on our biological characteristics and evolutionary history.

A Zen master reading the article commented: "It is what it is, things are as they are". Judgments increase stress in any situation, struggling with a mind clouded by complaints and blame cannot find a solution. The path to a less emotional approach is not easy but can be attained. Count your breaths, and you'll achieve clarity of mind.

Humanity has lost awareness of its animal and biological foundations. Lions kill the step cubs. Some species of primates also mistreat offspring that are not biologically theirs. Civilization, education, morals, ethics, etc. are a thin varnish. We are wild beasts. Look at the wars, slavery, and all the disorders of this world, nothing more than manifestations of our beastly base. This stepfather is a lowly creature whose "education" was overrun by his ape nature. I am not condoning his behavior, I loathe it, but as history has shown, punishment does little or nothing to reform.

The LDP cannot be repaired because it is not broken. It was created or assembled from the corrupt layers of politics.

This is my wild guess, but everyone is speculating and guessing here, so I don't feel bad about posting my opinion. The boy wanted to enter the yaks, and they ordered him to stab someone to prove his worth.

The following information was provided by AI:

Your impression that stabbings and other violent crimes in Japan have increased recently is supported by data. According to the National Police Agency, 2023 saw a significant increase in criminal offenses, marking the second consecutive year of rising crime rates. The total number of recognized criminal offenses rose by 17% compared to the previous year. Notably, serious crimes, stabbings, including murders and sexual assaults, increased by nearly 30%.

Because I haven't tasted the product, only in my imagination, the combination of matcha and sweetness does not appeal to me. Puah!

Netsuke made of plastics, how incredibly avant-garde, elegant, creative, and refined Japanese are. (Sarc.)

If you knew the basics of neurology, you would know that the difference between a living tissue-covered robot, and you are minimal, that the creepiness of humans is much more scary than that of a robot.

Study facts, your assumptions about yourself are wrong, they do not coincide with medical science findings.

This lack of communication that these carmakers and the government pervades all of Japanese society. Including at a personal level, husband and wife.

In my 44 years living in Japan, I have noticed that it is necessary for a big scandal, for the Japanese to change their way of thinking. The Japanese culture is based on a fear of making mistakes and sticks blindly to rules that have until this particular moment proven safe and effective. The Japanese culture in general suffers from a rigidity akin to a mummy, it is stiff, and can't cope or adapt to changing environments.

I remember when the first Shacho named me the General Manager, of the company. Please, heed this advice: "The Japanese need to be kicked in the arse with logic and reason. Don't forget this, please."

Education is at fault for this state of affairs, parental education, formal education, and societal conditioning. Nothing easy to change.

Titles and decorations, high studies and social positions, just masks of the animal.

Oh, these are very practical, down-to-earth news.

A man desperately looking all around to try to find his own eyes to see.

Very practical idea, especially geared to solve all the excruciating problems that many people are experiencing in their lives. Congratulations Japan.

As everybody assumes, projects, supposes, etc. I feel in the right to ask in public, accident??

There is a plethora of methods to deal with this kind of invasion.

• Agricultural Practices

• Chemical Controls

• Biological Controls

• Physical Barriers

• Pheromone Traps

The big problem comes when it is necessary to eliminate the Stink Bugs sucking the life of the big fruit called Japan.

"Japanese firms offer the highest pay hike in 32 years in spring wage talks."

I am a teacher of little kids and used to make difficult things easy to understand for the cherubim.

There was a once flourishing oasis until 34 years of drought made it difficult not to live, but to survive. The owners of the water sources gathered, forced by the thirst of the sands. And they decided to take a dropper and pour 2 drops of water on the dunes. Satisfied with the ritual, they continued with business as usual.

garypen, I understand your impeccable logic. But as I cannot push repeatedly the counter of approval, I am writing this comment. It may be possible that JT writers have already a pre-written text to save time for writing their articles about crime. Or that they use a preprogrammed bot to write the stories. Who knows! Anyway, I appreciate your logic, something extremely rare in the world.

How could we possibly and truly assess the frame of mind of this SDF officer?

All these comments, as usual in the comment section of JT, are pure speculation.

Humanity thrives on baseless assumptions, speculations, conjectures, and many others, used as a means to fend off the anxiety of not knowing the future, which is a baseless absurdity, a projection of their imagination.

And not only that, they transport and superpose their anxieties and delirious imaginations, to any other topic that is not even related to themselves. A common human tendency to fill gaps in knowledge with speculation and assumption, often without basis or relevance to the subject at hand. See, the effect of this conduct in the news? No? Humanity is like a blind walking in a pitch-dark room.

Bwahahaha! Bwahahaha!

Moonraker, it seems the meditation you're practicing may not align with your intrinsic nature. Persisting with a method that doesn't resonate with you is like relentlessly hitting your ego against an unyielding wall.

I'm not in a position to prescribe a specific meditation technique for you, as I'm not acquainted with your personal history or disposition.

Perhaps it's time for you to craft your own meditation practice, one that transcends the clichéd notions often associated with it.

From my experience, I can share this: meditation is not about pursuing a target or fulfilling a benchmark. It's a practice to be engaged in for its own sake, relished without the pressure of time or achievement.

Whether you choose a passive approach or an active one, like handwriting, remember that meditation is not an end goal.

The outcomes, often unrelated to merely quieting the mind, are beyond what you might currently envision. Good luck!

The personification of an entity, like the Government, is misleading.

The title of this article seems to assume that there are people who do not die alone. However, I know that everyone dies alone, nobody can accompany you to the "other side." I would suggest, a title like: "68,000 elderly die without being watched by a single friend."

Euphemisms like "bodily fluid", train the minds of the readers to get farther and farther away from reality in the name of not "hurting sensibilities," this is said in a feminine, and touchy tone.

I do not condone assassination. Rulers, governments, and all-powerful entities had relied on it, blatantly, openly, shamefully, and cruelly. They are in power so that nothing can judge or punish them. I know that for the populace, my comment will be controversial.

If, in the impossible eventually I am a judge, will certainly expel from the country the perpetrator, sit on a throne, give him a totally new identity, and provide him with all his needs, for life.

EvilBuddha: Your erudition in Buddhism is impressive. I admire your clear, consistent, and sharp comment.

And what do you expect? Big Tech has as many faces as everything else. One face is the voracious endeavors for profit, the other is the wonderful things it provides for humanity.

Who can foresee the results before they present themselves?

Humans, naturally, tend to focus on the negative aspects of everything, a genetic legacy imprinted in their DNA.

There is no solution because the problem is a personal and very partial perception. I entice you to think about this.

The immediatism of this type of news is also a characteristic of Japanese police reporting and investigation. Also in courts, this immediatism is appalling. I wonder what is the root of this kind of view.

What can I comment, that the mother is a monster, that the son is also a monster? That the mother is the only guilty part in this crime?

I don't know what to think, but my sadness is deep.

Insects and mammals undergo similar population cycles.

Why should humans be an exception?

Mother Nature is indifferent to our financial status, living conditions, or societal norms. Many countries are currently experiencing a population reduction.

When a species reaches a certain number of individuals, its population begins to decline.

In nature, including our financial activities, permanent growth is a fallacy.

Any attempt to counteract this cycle is likely futile.

So, I invite you to laugh—bwahaha ha—and savor your ice cream with joy.

"..... who fail to present reasonable grounds ....." Isn't survival a reasonable ground?

For all to know, there is no mystery. The "mystery meat" that Nissin has recently marketed in Japan is a freeze-dried food consisting of minced pork and vegetables. It's a combination of pork and soybeans mixed with a vegetable extract, then freeze-dried. Nissin has been transparent about its composition when asked directly.

Reprimand!? I laugh again.