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Mike Oxlong wrote:LDP looks to double JET Program’s ranks in three years
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
Coligny wrote:Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ---Albert Einstein
Japan... endless... fuck y'all...
To break the mould, Japan needs to simplify and reduce corporate taxes, cut red tape and scale back regulations that are so excessive that they even deter Japanese firms, economists say.
One idea is to provide incentives for English-speaking doctors to work in Japan and another is to run Tokyo's subway and bus networks 24 hours a day. Proponents suggest that would make Japan more attractive to foreign executives.
Areas that are likely to remain a no-go zone for foreigners are agriculture and construction, two industries that tend to rely on cozy government ties for protection.
At 1.2 percent of GDP, the size of Japan's agriculture sector is about the same as many developed economies.
The appeal is that whoever can fix the sector's notorious lack of efficiency stands a better chance at marketing Japan's high-end vegetables, beef and other produce to gourmet consumers overseas.
Construction, on the other hand, may not hold much appeal to foreign firms as there are few prospects for growth after decades of excessive public works projects.
...run Tokyo's subway and bus networks 24 hours a day. Proponents suggest that would make Japan more attractive to foreign executives.
chokonen888 wrote:Ehhh, I don't think they meant for foreign execs to work in Japan, just invest in the cuntry.
Areas that are likely to remain a no-go zone for foreigners are agriculture and construction, two industries that tend to rely on cozy government ties for protection.
At 1.2 percent of GDP, the size of Japan's agriculture sector is about the same as many developed economies.
The appeal is that whoever can fix the sector's notorious lack of efficiency stands a better chance at marketing Japan's high-end vegetables, beef and other produce to gourmet consumers overseas.
Russell wrote:So, how did you get into farming?
Did you marry into a farmer's family?
wuchan wrote:married a farm chick then bought some farm land off a neighbor. Her pop still has his farm and we have ours.
chokonen888 wrote:You guys have me questioning the wisdom of my latest temple lemur. (though, I will be able to design my own inaka bunker)
Coligny wrote:chokonen888 wrote:You guys have me questioning the wisdom of my latest temple lemur. (though, I will be able to design my own inaka bunker)
I can send you some blueprintz...
Russell wrote:Japan may accept more highly skilled foreign workers
.... approval of casino operations are among proposals being discussed as ways to attract wealthy tourists from Asian nations, Nishimura said.
Nearly 5% of Japanese adults are addicted to gambling, a rate up to five times that of most other nations, according to a study.
The study also showed rising adult addiction to the Internet and alcohol in a society long known for its tolerance of boozing and its love of technology.
“If something new becomes available, addiction will only rise,” Susumu Higuchi, Japan’s leading expert on addiction, who headed the study, told local journalists, according to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
The survey, taken last year and sponsored by the health ministry, came as the Japanese government mulls controversial plans to legalize casino gambling in certain special zones, with some saying it would boost the number of foreign tourists.
Low public awareness of the perils of gambling addiction—despite a robust gaming industry—separates Japan from other industrialised nations that are relatively more willing to talk openly about the problem, said a campaigner who has worked on the subject.
Researchers estimated that roughly 5.36 million people in Japan—4.8% of the adult population—are likely pathological gamblers who cannot resist the impulse to wager, the Yomiuri Shimbun said.
The study said 8.7% of men and 1.8% of women fit the internationally-accepted definition of addicts, according to the Mainichi Shimbun.
The wide availability of pachinko parlors—loud, colorful salons that offer rows of pinball-like games—and other gambling establishments is believed to be contributing to the problem.
The ratio of compulsive gamblers in most nations “stands more or less around one percent of the adult population. So Japan’s ratio is high,” a member of the study group told reporters, according to the Nikkei newspaper.
Gambling is everywhere in Japan, with pachinko halls dotted around train stations and along major roads, attracting many middle-age men, but also women and young people as well.
Betting on racing—horses, bicycles, motorbikes and speed boats—is also common, with horse racing featuring on weekend television.
“There is an absolute lack of preventive education for (gambling) addiction,” said Noriko Tanaka, head of campaign group Society Concerned about the Gambling Addiction.
Japan has allocated insufficient social resources to publicly discuss the problem, while more open efforts are made in the U.S. and Europe, she said.
Open discussion of the matter is rare as Japanese people in general shy away from disclosing what can be regarded as family dishonor, Tanaka said.
“We are not calling for a ban on gambling and we recognize it has its own economic merits,” she said.
“But we must also discuss the negative economic and social impacts” of gambling, she said.
The study questioned 7,000 Japanese adults nationwide, of whom 4,153 gave valid answers.
Around 4.21 million adults are believed to show signs of Internet addiction, the study found, a rate that had risen 50% in five years, the Nikkei said.
Researchers blamed the spread of smartphones and the increasing quality of digital content for the rising number of IT addicts, who often prefer the Internet over other essential activities such as sleeping, the Nikkei said.
More than a million people were believed to be addicted to alcohol, compared with an estimated 830,000 people a decade ago, the Mainichi said.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/nati ... apan-study
More than eight years of research, studies and planning have been tossed by the wayside as Okinawa Prefecture is backing out of proposals for resorts that have casinos.
Okinawa Prefecture officials, perhaps yielding to the new governor, Takeshi Onaga, had announced they will not include funds for gambling or casino projects in its upcoming fiscal year 2015 budget. Onaga, who took office nearly a month ago, opposes having casinos on Okinawa.
The prefecture has been studying the issue of legalizing casinos for nearly eight years, determining that such casino resorts could boost Okinawa’s economy by ¥219 billion ($1.8 billion) per year, while generating new jobs for upwards of 54,000 citizens. Over the past few years, Okinawa Prefecture has set forth roughly ¥85 billion to develop casino plans.
Onaga’s position opposing the casinos began with his belief “Gambling addiction is a concern”, while emphasizing he things gambling and casinos “could have a negative impact on Okinawa’s tourism industry, which has been doing well in recent years.
http://www.japanupdate.com/2015/01/okin ... g-casinos/
wuchan wrote:I own a farm....
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