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“Just by being born here, our son benefits from the love, support and hope of so many people — even though he has achieved absolutely nothing in life yet,” his father said.
Sounds like this kid needs to get his act together. 2 years old and nothing to show for it!
There will come soft rains.
Sometimes the horror stories create themselves.
Vote for a party that wants to make the country attractive for young people to bear children? Nah, let's sew puppets to replace them instead 🤡
We don't know whom these people are voting for, but there is a (n at least to me) surprising amount of support for candidates left of the LDP in rural areas. The part of rural Japan I live in elected a rep from the Japanese Communist Party (which, despite their name, are more like democratic socialists; not sure why they refuse to change the name).
Democratic socialists or social democrats? (Yes, there is a huge difference), because demsocs are just a type of communist (whereas socdems are capitalists / liberals)
Per Wikipedia here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Communist_Party#Ideology_and_policies :
[. . .] it is, however, politically moderate and advocates a peaceful transition to communism.[69] Marxism–Leninism, which former party chairman Tetsuzo Fuwa had worked for years to make acceptable to the electorate, was abandoned in favor of scientific socialism in 1976.[70][71] According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the JCP became a more traditional democratic socialist party after modifying its policies in the 1990s.[57] This analysis is supported by the Japanese political scientist Kōji Nakakita [ja], who is often cited as a specialist on the JCP.[72] The JCP follows a Marxist ideology,[73][5] stating that the theory of Marx and Engels is the foundation of their program.[74] The party sits on the left[75] to far-left[80] of the left–right political spectrum.
I suppose the real answer is to read the material in Japanese and look at their policy decisions, but I for one don't have time for it (nor can I vote here in Japan anyway).
silent hill desu
I actually really want to visit that town the next time I go to Japan now.
Nope. Bad idea. Creepy as fuck.
This is just asking for a horror movie adaptation. It starts when the main character sees one looking at them at the edge of their vision, but they turn and it isn't. By the end it's basically puppet zombies and everybody from the first act has turned into a puppet
I could see a version where it isn't. Maybe.
But those are really bad.
the Lies of P DLC looking pretty good
Akira Yamaoka soundtrack starts playing
This is where America is heading. Japan doesn't like immigration just like the r's. To combat this, r's are trying to force young white women into having unwanted babies. Also, it's a little hard to do war without a population to send.
Not everything is about the US bro.
Absolutely correct, but there are tons of nations losing population right now. I believe UK used the immigration thing for Brexit as well.
Idgaf
Have a great Sunday or whatever day you're on where you are.
Germany, North Korea, Denmark, and a bunch of other countries too. Yet somehow they manage to blame "immigrants" for their childlessness, not the rich, powerful, and wealthy who make the country unattractive to have children in.
If you have a degree and come from a number of countries, that's about all it takes to get a work visa. For English "teaching" (most jobs are glorified tape recorders from what I've read), you don't much at all. I've been here almost 10 years and will be applying for my permanent residency shortly. Since I've come, they've actually made it easier to get PR, especially for younger people, with points systems.