japan issues

Number of births in Japan falls to record low in 2020 The part I didn't expect is that deaths actually declined in 2020 for the first time in 11 years. A small decline, and the decline in births was larger, but one might have imagined that deaths would increase in a pandemic year. So digging...

I was reading a Wikipedia page about a Japanese man who was recently released from prison after spending years on death row. A link lead to this article http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/6522 which said in part; Sounds very rough compared to the USA. Did this article...

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/supreme-court-rules-making-teachers-sing-kimigayo-is-constitutional Here there is something that maybe people do not know about Japan. In our schools and sometimes working places, people are forced to sing the national Anthem. The problem is...

Japan’s Currency 25 Percent Overvalued, Goldman’s O’Neill Says On one hand, if it declined by 25%, it would just go back to where it was a few years ago. This would arguably be good for Japan, especially the export sector. But what if it continues after that? The other thing I worry about is...

I have read somewhere that some Japanese history textbooks have either downplayed or ignored the atrocities in Nanking. Is this still a problem in Japan today or do most of the people see it on the same level as Americans view Holocaust Denial? Thanks in advance.

Last night, I saw an interview on professor Michio Kaku, in which he says that we're wasting time trying to cool down the nuclear reactors by throwing water on them from helicopters. That doing that is equivalent to trying to put out a fire with a squirt gun. When asked what he would do, he...

I just went down to the konbini for lunch and saw the latest effort by JT (Japan Tobacco) to hook young people on the death sticks. They're selling a promotional 5-pack of "Camel Menthol Minis" in 5 different colors with a stylish Zippo lighter or cigarette case thrown in for free. JT is the...

Amazon discontinued the sale of some obscure Japanese computer game. The reason? the game is a rape simulator in which the player gets to sexually assault women. There's lots of sexual violence in those Manga cartoons too. So rape themed erotica seems to be a major characteristic of Japanese...

Japans minister of defense wants a law for defense against aliens from outer space - he believes UFOs are controlled by extra-terrestrials! Seems each country has it's own kind of nuts working in politics!