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Funny enough, just as I was tracking this thread, the NYT published an article yesterday on daycare centres in Japan. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/world/asia/japans-mothers-in-hokatsu-hunt-for-day-care.html?_r=0 quote:At the root of the problem, women’s rights advocates say, is that working mothers now face two levels of hurdles: a new demographic trend that works against them and an old bias toward stay-at-home mothers. Like many women interviewed for this article, Ms. Okumura made most of her visits to day care centers alone because in Japan fathers generally consider finding child care to be a mother’s responsibility. When Japan set up its modern public day care system after World War II, the authorities expected it to serve people who might have nowhere else to turn, like single mothers. For a time, analysts say, that was good enough, especially as well-paid “salarymen” were able to support their families alone.
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The Japanese universities are supposed to be pretty solid, no? I don't read too much into rankings but the fact that they're usually pretty high placed implies they have some degree of credibility. The few scholarships they offer to international students are fairly competitive. Not saying I think English courses taught by Japanese professors are going to in any way rival the native-language equivalents.
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Japan's cabinet has approved the 1980 Hague Convention on child abduction, paving the way for legislation to enforce it. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1260157/1/.html quote:TOKYO: Japan moved one step closer to adopting a long-delayed treaty on child abductions on Friday when the cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave its approval, a government spokesman said.
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Sheep posted:To be fair, we do banzai at literally every work party here, among other occasions. It's just 万歳 and has almost identical phrases in Korean (만세 - manse) and Chinese (萬歲/万岁). I'm under the impression that they do the same cheer thing with manse in Korea. Also, does anybody have something that more comprehensively outlines the implications of LDP's proposed constitution?
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There were whispers that Noda ran only to prevent Kono from getting a majority in the first round. But looking at the first round's results, I don't think Kono was ever gonna get that majority.quote:Many political pundits had expected Kono to win the first round by using his general popularity to gain prefectural chapter votes that were distributed based on ballots cast by rank-and-file party members and supporters. https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14450169
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hosed up poo poo yo. Dead just like that. Insanity.
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He apparently got shot twice. With that lovely improvised shotgun. First one didn’t fell him, but second one did. No one’s surviving two blasts of a shotgun. This is nuts.
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Apparently it was a sawed off shotgun, which civilians can legally obtain under Japanese law? From twitter.
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https://twitter.com/UnseenJapanSite/status/1545253446084767746
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FishBulbia posted:Or not???
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Tuxedo Gin posted:One thing people don't consider about this, is that although, yes, women's participation in the workforce has increased dramatically, Abe's conservative wing still pushed and pushes for traditional family ideals which includes (now working) women being responsible for all the cooking and cleaning and other household chores. It's not universal but it is still expected and I know many working mothers here who are expected to be full time mothers and housewives in addition to their full time career. But cultural norms are much harder to shift. Except in places like the Nordics you rarely see a good division of household labor. I do think there’s a certain momentum that getting women into the workplace starts, and it bends towards things like childcare and flexible work arrangements becoming more of a thing.
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Not sure why he’s bringing up the Soka Gakkai when it has no connection at all to the shooting or even Abe. edit: It’s interesting stuff though. Soka is so Japanese I hadn’t known that they got a bad rep or were under political attack. Vegetable fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Jul 9, 2022 |
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Cults are a big thing anywhere. India has its gurus, China has the Falun Gong-esque groups, America has Scientology… Maybe the only unusual thing is how close to electoral politics Japan’s cults manage to be.
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Is it just a money thing or what. What do the politicians get out of this? Is the cult that big in Japan?
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This is more economics than politics, but I don’t totally get why Japan is so loving psyched to have inflation finally hit a positive number. They’re just finding out that wages aren’t keeping up so everyone is just earning less and spending more. I get the problems of deflation but the central bank cheering on inflation is still just the weirdest thing to me.
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My feeling is the Japanese politics thread is the best place to talk about US politics
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Lol at Taiwan suffering just 3,500 casualties in an invasion. Anyway no one in any nation cares about war games; it's just not a thing that resonates.
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Jan 11, 2023 13:12
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Goons will take any thread, even one about old men loving each other, and talk about their favorite video games instead.
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I’m only guessing, but I feel like the apolitical nature of Japanese society played into the apathetic response as well. Half the population don’t even vote. Who cares when the assassinated is neither someone you voted for nor someone you voted against?
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That’s a pro click. Their biggest problem was not cutting the other insurance companies in on the scam.
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