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Junko Kimura/Getty Images A top Japanese lawmaker called people who opt not to have kids “selfish,” as Japan’s birth rates have continued to plummet. The politician said in order for everyone in Japan to be happy, people need to have more children. Japan’s population is facing a demographic time bomb, with its elderly population growing […]
Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images Thirteen male Japanese politicians have pledged to support the “We Love Babies Project” which aims to create a society that accepts babies crying in public spaces. The group ecourages businesses and restaurants to display “It’s OK to cry” stickers. Signing on to the initiative is likely part of a move to encourage […]
Three Japanese who were forcibly sterilized under a government policy decades ago have filed lawsuits demanding an apology and compensation, in a growing movement seeking official redress.
Japanese F2 driver Tadasuke Makino reckons the new ‘halo’ head protection device, which made its debut in the junior series and Formula One this season, saved his life in a race at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday. The Honda-backed driver escaped uninjured after the car driven by compatriot Nirei Fukuzumi was launched into the […]
REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife had their dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife interrupted by an offensive cultural faux pas — dessert was served in a shoe. Shoes are “despised” in Japanese culture, and it’s a weird idea in any case to serve food out of […]
Does architecture need to be freed? And, if it does, freed from what? I was a little skeptical both of the title of the new show at Paris’ Fondation Cartier, Freeing Architecture: Junya Ishigami, and of the young and impossibly cool Japanese architect who is its subject. But the skepticism fell gently away as he […]
REUTERS/Eddie Keogh Annual wage growth in Japan has fallen in real terms in each of the past three months. That appears to be impacting household spending which fell heavily in the year to February. Falling real wages are crimping the purchasing power of households, placing downside pressure on consumption and inflationary pressures. Japan’s unemployment rate […]
Jae C. Hong/AP Shohei Ohtani, the Japanese Babe Ruth who can both hit and pitch, hit his first career home run, a 3-run home run for the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night in his first career at bat in front of the home fans. After rounding the bases, Ohtani’s Angels teammates gave him the […]
A viral video has captured the moment a number of suitcases are removed from a plane at an airport in japan. Whilst the airport destination remains unknown, a female baggage handler is tasked with sorting them out. The suitcases leave the carousel and are put onto the moving conveyor belt. She can then be seen […]
Japanese pitching phenom Shohei Ohtani made his Major League Baseball debut on opening night, March 29. But the 23-year-old flamethrower didn’t take the mound until Sunday. Rather, in his first big league at-bat, the Los Angeles Angels’ new designated hitter yanked the first pitch he saw for a single into right field. And with that, […]
