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Japanese idol culture is gross. The children are sexualized by marketers.

Who knows what is going on. One thing for sure is that legacy western media will not provide a full accurate account.

It had to be euthanized because bears become "repeat offenders" once they have learned about human food.

It would pose a risk to the public even if relocated.

Hard to believe that it was not shot within an hour.

@VoiceOfReason

You are correct.

@Ken Do you honestly believe that CEOs, who are legally obligated to maximize profits for a publicly traded company, would turn down profits and legal obligations because they want a company of "bros?"

@BB

Yes and no. Companies that are "organically" diverse are more profitable.

However, that same research shows that companies that are forced to hire "diverse" people to fill a quota are less profitable.

If the DEI experiment made these companies either more profitable or workers more productive they would have kept it. It did not, it made them less profitable and their workers less productive. It was an idea that turned out to be a bad idea that failed. Time to move on.

She could be a great role model for young woman if she married soon and had a few kids.

@Asiaman7

So many things contain these chemicals; lipstick, tampons, yoga pants, nylons and your cell phone.

And the source doesn't need to be local as rainwater, virtually everywhere contains PFAS. They are everywhere and now in everything, they are very mobile.

Don't worry, the temperatures outside of the built up areas that create heat in Greenland are actually dropping so the islanders can go fish for handouts elsewhere.

This sounds like a project to produce valuable data to benchmark insect populations NOT "to help reverse mass insect extinction." Wait until some data is produced before stating how the data may be of value.

Probably would be worth offering interest free loans for better windows with thicker glass and loans for proper insulation.

Canada is certainly a source of both problems and the Trudeau government refuses to take action to solve either problem. Just a couple of days ago the government mouthpiece, CBC, had a story about how it is bad to conduct drug busts. Canadian banks also offer an easy way to launder cash, again with no action from the Canadian government to address the problem.

The ball is in Canada's court, clean up your house or lose trade access to the US market.

It should be easy for the Trudeau government to finally seriously address the problems, but the Trudeau government has not governed to benefit Canadians for 10 years. It is sad that they need this kind of pressure from the US to do what they should do without being forced into it.

There are many of these cases these days in Japan and they will continue to grow unless free institutional care is available to all seniors who need it.

This is a case of loving euthanasia, not heartless murder.

Transferring wealth creates poverty.

There are plenty of differences between living in Tokyo and living in Kyushu. The government needs to measure the differences to understand a solution. It could be related to the hours of time high school aged kids spend at juku or the social isolation of living in Tokyo or access to low cost fresh food in Kyushu or living near forests and beaches. Do young people who attend the funerals of old people on their street have more kids? People in Kyushu work far fewer hours than people in Tokyo do. Does living in Kyushu allow more car ownership, creating more independence?

@noypikantoku

Is it money? The top 10 prefectures for fertility are all rural, mostly Kyushu, where incomes, on average are significantly lower than in Tokyo which has the lowest fertility, by a lot, in the country.

It could be overcrowding. Nobody knows as who are having kids is not being measured.

The problem is well understood but one must measure to find a solution.

Everyone knows about the lack of babies but the government has not measured the problem and is left shooting blanks instead of putting the arrow on target.

Who are the people having kids and what characteristics are common among them? Nobody knows, so no solution can be implemented to change the behaviour of all the lonely cat ladies.

Something has to be done, the exponential rise in US government debt is unsustainable.

Japan should emulate the US and slash spending ASAP.

EVs and hybrids are too expensive for people who just want a cheap basic car.

According to other news sources I have read, the booming business at Walmart is a result of people who make $100,000 a year moving downmarket because of the cost of living crisis.

Is the cost of a funeral covered under the pension benefit in Japan?

@socrateos

If a parent dreams of their child entering a top 10 university, the language is English.

If a parent dreams of their child being able to earn a salary in the top 25 countries, English is an asset.

If a parent dreams that their child work in an office of one of the top 50 companies in the world, most, even Toyota, require English.

If a parent dreams that their child one day, engages with the world, the language is English.

If a parent thinks that their child might, even for a week, escape the bounds of Japan and travel overseas, English is an asset.

Nobody can predict what their child will do and where they will go. When raising children it is best to aim high instead of aiming low.

@socrateos

English is the language of opportunity. Every child should be given an equal opportunity for success.

The obvious solution is more rote translation tasks in high school.

I find it a very hard stretch to believe that, a then 56 adult, would be a "victim" of a drug smuggling scam.

I was on the fence and unsure about Trump but he called it correctly today; a proxy war.

It is quickly becoming a far-left echo chamber.

I used to know a truant officer really well. He was well suited for the job, kind, patient and understanding.

Most of the kids in those days and probably today had trouble at home, not trouble at school.

Scholz cried uncle and Zelenskyy knows it.