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@Garibaldee@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months ago

Japan Is So Desperate to Increase Its Birth Rate That Tokyo Is Trying Out a New Idea: Free Daycare

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Japan Is So Desperate to Increase Its Birth Rate That Tokyo Is Trying Out a New Idea: Free Daycare

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@Garibaldee@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months ago
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Japan has been grappling with its demographic statistics with a sense of urgency, particularly regarding its declining birth rate. In 2023, the country...
  • @A_Filthy_Weeaboo@lemmy.world
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    Also…loosen immigration laws?

    I know it’s a very closed off nation with deep cultural roots that is very weary of outsiders…

    • @Noodle07@lemmy.world
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      Racist, the word is racist

      • @A_Filthy_Weeaboo@lemmy.world
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        I know… 😔

        • @PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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          Additionally, the word is “wary”

      • @UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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        Love all races. Except the human race. Terrible, awful people they are.

        • @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Now this is a racist idea I can agree with.

          (Although, I actually bet aliens are shit as well at the equivalent stage of development)

    • Omega
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      I don’t mind finding work in Japan… …if it wasn’t so hostile to workers

      So far, Japan is near the bottom of my list for western countries to work at, and I would much rather find a job in Korea instead

      • @Xatolos@reddthat.com
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        Japan is near the bottom of my list for western countries

        Japan is an Eastern country. In fact, it’s the farthest East county possible.

        I think the words you were looking for were “first world countries”.

        • @BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee
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          its so east that it loops back around to being west

          • @apostrofail@lemmy.world
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            It’s*

            • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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              • @apostrofail@lemmy.world
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                Syntax mistake—not grammar

                • @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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                  [Pedentry intensitfies]

                  Appropriate user name, though.

                • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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                  Syntax would be more like sentence structure and order. Contractions are indeed grammar.

        • @EddoWagt@feddit.nl
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          Japan is an Eastern country. In fact, it’s the farthest East county possible.

          No love for New Zealand huh?

          • @JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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            What’s a New Zealand?

            • @BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk
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              Checked my map, it’s not there

            • @EddoWagt@feddit.nl
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              It’s an updated version of a Dutch province

          • @Xatolos@reddthat.com
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            New Zealand? What’s that?

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          Developed*

        • @sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
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          Depends on your meridian.

        • @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Nobody takes that to be literally about geography anymore. Japan might be far away from Texas, but it’s politically a lot closer than Russia just a ferry ride away.

        • Omega
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          Po-tay-to po-tah-to doesn’t really matter to distinguish between them when what I meant was clear, although I probably would’ve said first world if I was nitpicking my post before sending

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    • @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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      That’s crazy talk, you’d get lot’s of filthy foreigners in that way.

    • @john89@lemmy.ca
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      Absolutely! Even if it’s unlikely to happen, we shouldn’t let that distract us from what the best decisions would be.

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      I know it’s a very closed off nation with deep cultural roots that is very weary of outsiders…

      Europe doesn’t get to use that excuse, and neither should they. I don’t care how different whale meat shashimi seems from foi gras, or bonsai from tulip arrangements.

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