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🐴 Firehorse superstition helps uncover why women's education may not drive Japan's fertility decline
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-firehorse-superstition-uncover-women-japan.html

Firehorse superstition helps uncover why women's education may not drive Japan's fertility decline
The rapidly declining marriage and fertility rates across developed East Asian societies strain pension and health care systems, threaten economic growth, and reshape entire societies. To tackle this issue, governments in Japan and across East Asia have invested heavily in pronatalist measures, but often with limited success. For instance, Japan's government has repeatedly expanded childcare subsidies and parental leave provisions, yet the total fertility rate hit a record low of 1.20 in 2024.

One of my favorite things about #Japan is that they rarely, almost never, add unnecessary raw #onions to things like salads or sandwiches.

The Routes - "Yeti Spaghetti / Hotwired" (2013)
Just some cool dudes jammed in a small studio playing some chill surf tunes. I find this relaxing and mesmerizing.
#music #surf #japan

"Used Diapers Turned into New Ones Thanks to Super-Recycling Japanese Towns and New Innovation"
#Japan #Recycling

Used Diapers Turned into New Ones Thanks to Super-Recycling Japanese Towns and New Innovation
The process uses ozone, a sterilizing gas, to clean and deodorize the pulp to the point that it passes sanitary requirements.

Fish and Octopus by Itō Jakuchū, from Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings), c. 1765
(Thanks to @… for alerting me to this one!)
#ItōJakuchū #Japan

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Japan:
🎵 Visions of China
#Japan
https://open.spotify.com/track/4GSXKqgFojRdeTxBZql858

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Japan:
🎵 Nightporter
#NowPlaying #Japan
#radioeins gespielten Titel als #Spotify Playliste: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hdH98B6uyXilhcWxCA6nv

#Japan - Gegen #Einsamkeit und #Demenz

Japan setzt bei Senioren auf E-Sport gegen Einsamkeit und Demenz
Immer mehr Pflegeeinrichtungen und Kommunen in Japan setzen auf E-Sport-Angebote für ältere Menschen, um geistige Aktivität zu fördern, sozialer Isolation

For >50% of the western expats I meet in #Japan, I can't figure out why they are here.

Daughter and I are going to the Japan StrEAT Party tomorrow. I've been looking forward to it for weeks and I'm so glad the weather will be okay.
#Canberra #Japanese #StrEAT

RE: #Osaka, #Japan …

"A new bird species has been discovered in Japan after 45 years"
#Japan #Birds #Animals

A new bird species has been discovered in Japan after 45 years
A new study has revealed the small, identical, olive-green songbirds found on two Japanese islands are actually two distinct species.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Japan:
🎵 Ghosts
#Japan
https://randomhouseproject.bandcamp.com/track/ghosts-ambient-vocal

Pretty stunning shift on both ends. #Japan #Korea #SouthKorea
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Poll: Japanese opinion of South Korea up from 10 years prior | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
A recent survey has revealed sentiments and perceptions of current Japan–South Korea relations have improved among residents of both countries compared to a similar survey taken a decade ago.

Angesichts steigender #Rekordtemperaturen führt #Japan​s Wetteramt die neue Kategorie „unerträglich heiß“ für Tage ab 40 Grad Celsius ein.
Diese Entscheidung basiert auf einer Umfrage unter fast 500.000 Menschen und soll die Bevölkerung effektiver vor extremer

"Unerträglich heiß" - Japans Wetteramt schafft neue Kategorie für Hitzetage
Japans Wetteramt hat angesichts immer neuer Rekordtemperaturen eine neue Kategorie eingeführt.

The amusing part of being in #Japan right now is being able to have a video call home to Vermont and wish my wife “Happy St Patrick’s Day!” …. when it is still the middle of the afternoon for her on Monday, March 16! 😄
Ah, the joys of timezones… and the fact that we all live on a REALLY BIG spinning ball!

Wenn Verteidigungsminister Boris #Pistorius die nächsten acht Tage nach #Japan, #Singapur und #Australien

"One Japanese town sorts waste into 40 different categories. How does Australia’s recycling compare?"
#Japan #Australia #Recycling

Finally found a #japanese keyboard for android that I like - Sumire ! Open-source, works offline, settings are usable in english, and installable from Fdroid! https://github.com/KazumaProject/Japan

The amount of times someone said "#google #maps works great in #Japan" and then I learn it took them on some weird route that was longer, more expensive, or required excessive walking then the optimal route.

"Who knows better about surprise than Japan”
wwwwwwwoooowwwww.
How can someone be so incredibly idiotic and offensive all the time…. like every single minute of every day, without exception.
#USA #IranUSAIsraelWar #Japan #WWII

"Japan finances 130 MW solar project in Tunisia"
#Japan #Tunisia #SolarPower #Energy

There is something darkly poetic about the Straits of Hormuz opening on the same day Japan coins a new official word -- “kokushobi” -- to describe extreme hot weather days.
#EndFossilFuels #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Japan #USA #Iran #IranUSAIsraelWar #Israel #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Oil #Gas