Japan Ranked 5th Most Peaceful Country in the World

[Jack]

And you don't live in reality, my friend.

You are still whining. Man, you are a crybaby aren't you?

[Jack]

So for all of you discontent with japan's ranking on this survey, whats your take on Iceland, Denmark, Norway and New Zealand?

Are those OK simply because they are all not Japan?

So far I haven't been convinced that the concluded rankings are all that inaccurate or off base.

Yup, that's the only reason. All the fucking whiners on here are upset because they can't get their way in Japan. The white English speaking people do not rule so anything Japan does angers them.

[Midwinter]

#11 Canada--Jack

Gold, pure GOLD!

[Iraira]

The white English speaking people do not rule so anything Japan does angers them.

Not paying attention to any history over the past 60 years, are you?

[Jack]

Not paying attention to any history over the past 60 years, are you?

History? I don't drive my car looking in the rearview mirror. I look in front.

[Greji]

History? I don't drive my car looking in the rearview mirror. I look in front.

I suppose that means you don't suck dicks anymore either. Grow up Jack... You sound like you are your own whining troll....

[Gilligan]

History? I don't drive my car looking in the rearview mirror. I look in front.

I don't think anybody'd be stupid enough to give you a driver's license.

[Iraira]

History? I don't drive my car looking in the rearview mirror. I look in front.

Thus, you have no idea or memory of where you have been or why you are going where you are going. Much like a goldfish.

[Mike Oxlong]

History? I don't drive my car looking in the rearview mirror. I look in front.

Was it not Mussolini who said "Never look back". Fine role model you have.

[Tsuru]

History? I don't drive my car looking in the rearview mirror. I look in front.

Yes you do. Your driving instructor told you that before you got your license.

You do have a driver's license don't you Jack?

[maraboutslim]

Was it not Mussolini who said "Never look back". Fine role model you have.

I don't know about that. But I do that it was Raul Julia in Gumball Rally who ripped the rearview mirror of his Ferrari Daytona Spider and said "And now my friend, the first rule of Italian driving: What's behind me, is not important!" (see the 1min point of this clip)

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[CrankyBastard]

History? I don't drive my car looking in the rearview mirror. I look in front.

Jack, you're the reason for all those warning labels and stickers on power tools, aren't you?

[IkemenTommy]

By the way, what we understand from this survey is that the more purity of the ethnic, the more peaceful the society is.

One word: Inbreeding.
Remember that!

[Tsuru]

Jack, you're the reason for all those warning labels and stickers on power tools, aren't you?

He is a power tool.

[Behan]

One word: Inbreeding.
Remember that!

Buwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah:D

[Iraira]

1) The effects of inbreeding on Japanese children
by William J Schull; James V Neel; et al
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row [1965]

2)CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES IN WEST-SOUTHERN SADO.
by T OKUBO

3)近親結婚と母系制 : 生物学からみたその起源と歴史
by 後藤源太郎

I think the third one is a case study of Takechan.

http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3AConsanguinity+Japan.&qt=hot_subject

[Greji]

I think the third one is a case study of Takechan.

Sado, or in-breeding?

[Iraira]

Sado, or in-breeding?

Can you mix the two and sell it at a profit?

[Buraku]

New world order, Japan's role discussed
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20081107TDY19001.htm

getting back to that peace index here's how they broke it down for 08

Indicator information

Level of distrust in other citizens
2

Number of internal security officers and police 100,000 people
1

Number of homicides per 100,000 people
1

Number of jailed population per 100,000 people
1.234
Ease of access to weapons of minor destruction
1

Level of organised conflict (internal)
1

Likelihood of violent demonstrations
1

Level of violent crime
1
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Military capability/sophistication
5
Military capability/sophistication
Qualitative assessment of the grade of sophistication and the extent of military research and development (R&D) Ranked 1-5 (very low-very high) by EIU analysts
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Number of displaced people as a percentage of the population
1
Number of displaced people as a percentage of the population
Refugee population by country or territory of origin, as a percentage of the country's total population
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Relations with neighbouring countries
3


Number of external and internal conflicts fought: 2000-05
1
Number of external and internal conflicts fought: 2000-05
UCDP defines conflict as: "a contested incompatibility that concerns government and/or
territory where the use of armed force between two parties, of which at least one is the government of a state, results in at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year"

Number of external and internal conflicts fought: 2000-05

Source: the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Uppsala University, Sweden


Estimated number of deaths from organised conflict (external)
1


democracy and transparency

Political Democracy Index
8.4
Political Democracy Index
Source: EIU Analysts; Year: 2006

Electoral process
9.2
Electoral process
Qualitative assessment of whether elections are competitive in that electors are free to vote and are offered a range of choices. Ranked 1- 10 (very low to very high)

Source: EIU Democracy Index; Year: 2008

Functioning of government
8.6
Functioning of government
Qualitative assessment of whether freely elected representatives determine government policy? Is there an effective system of checks and balances on the exercise of government authority? Ranked 1- 10 (very low to very high)

Source: EIU Democracy Index; Year: 2008

Political participation
6.1
Political participation
Qualitative assessment of voter participation/turn-out for national elections, citizens' engagement with politics. Ranked 1- 10 (very low to very high)

Source: EIU Democracy Index; Year: 2008

Political culture
8.8
Political culture
Qualitative assessment of the degree of societal consensus and cohesion to underpin a stable, functioning democracy; score the level of separation of church and state. Ranked 1- 10 (very low to very high)

Source: EIU Democracy Index; Year: 2008

Civil liberties
9.4
Civil liberties
Qualitative assessment of the prevalence of civil liberties. Is there a free electronic media? Is there a free print media? Is there freedom of expression and protest? Are citizens free to form professional organisations and trade unions? Ranked 1- 10 (very low to very high)

Source: EIU Democracy Index; Year: 2008

Corruption perceptions (CPI score: 10 = highly clean, 0 = highly corrupt)
7.5
Corruption perceptions (CPI score: 10 = highly clean, 0 = highly corrupt)
The Index draws on multiple expert opinion surveys that poll perceptions of public sector corruption scoring countries on a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 indicating high levels of perceived corruption and 10 indicating low levels of perceived corruption.

Source: Transparency International, Corruption Perception Index; Year: 2007

Women in parliament (as a percentage of the total number of representatives in the lower house)
9.4
Women in parliament (as a percentage of the total number of representatives in the lower house)
Figures are based on information provided by national parliaments by 31st December 2006

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union; Year: 2007

Freedom of the press
11.8
Freedom of the press
The index measures the state of press freedom in the world, reflecting the degree of freedom journalists and news organisations enjoy in each country, and the efforts made by the state to respect and ensure respect for this freedom

Source: Reporter Without Borders; Year: 2007

international openness

Exports + Imports % of GDP
30.9
Exports + Imports % of GDP
Source: EIU; Year: 2006

Foreign Direct Investment (flow) % of GDP
-0.2%
Foreign Direct Investment (flow) % of GDP
Source: EIU; Year: 2006

Number of visitors as % of domestic population
0.1%
Number of visitors as % of domestic population
Arrivals data correspond to international visitors to the economic territory of the country and include both tourists and same-day non residents visitors.

Source: UNWTO Compendium of Tourism Statistics; Year: 2001-2005, dependent on availability

Net Migration (% of total population)
0%
Net Migration (% of total population)
Net migration is the net average annual number of migrants during the period 1995-2000, that is the number of immigrants less the number of emigrants, including both citizen and non citizens.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, data refers to 1995-2000; Year: 2006

demographics

15-34 year old males as a % of total population
12.7%
15-34 year old males as a % of total population
Source: UN World Population Prospects; Year: 2007

Gender ratio of population: women/men
104.8
Gender ratio of population: women/men
Ratio Women/Men.

Gender Inequality
0.6
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Higher education enrolment (% Gross)
54%
Higher education enrolment (% Gross)
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators; Year: 2001-2000 dependent on availability

Mean years of schooling
14.8
Mean years of schooling
School life expectancy (years), Primary to tertiary
Source: UNESCO; Year: 2003-2001

Adult literacy rate (% of pop over 15)
99%
Adult literacy rate (% of pop over 15)
Data refers to national literacy estimates from censuses or surveys conducted between 2000 and 2004
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report; Year: 2005

culture

Hostility to foreigners/private property
0
Hostility to foreigners/private property
Scored 1-5 by EIU analysts.

Source: EIU Risk Briefing; Year: 2007
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Importance of religion in national life
3
Importance of religion in national life
Qualitative assessment of the level of importance of religion in politics and social life. Ranked 1-5 (very low to very high) by EIU analysts.

Source: EIU Analysts; Year: 2007
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Willingness to fight
2
Willingness to fight
Qualitative assessment of the willingness of citizens to fight in wars. Ranked 1- 5 (very low to very high) by EIU analysts.

Source: EIU Analysts; Year: 2007

material well-being

Nominal GDP (US$PPP bn)
4089.4
Nominal GDP (US$PPP bn)
Nominal gross domestic product at 2005 US$ purchasing power parities.

Source: EIU; Year: 2006

Nominal GDP (US$bn)
4376.5
Nominal GDP (US$bn)
Nominal gross domestic product US$ market prices.

Source: EIU; Year: 2006

GDP per capita
34335
GDP per capita
Nominal gross domestic product (US$) per capita.

Source: EIU; Year: 2006

Gini-coefficient
24.9
Gini-coefficient
The Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution.

Source: UN Human Development Index 2007-2008; EIU estimates; Year: Latest Available Year
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Life expectancy
82.1
Life expectancy
Life expectancy at birth is the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators; Year: 2005

Unemployment %
4.1%
Unemployment %
ILO defines the unemployed as members of the economically active population who are without work but available for and seeking work, including people who have lost their jobs and those who have voluntary left work.

Source: EIU; Year: 2006

Infant mortality per 1,000 live births
3
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators; Year: 2005

Total Population (millions)
127.5
Total Population (millions)
Total population.

Source: EIU; Year: 2006

other

Number of paramilitary personnel per 100,000 people
9.6
Number of paramilitary personnel per 100,000 people
Source: The International Institute for Strategic Studies: The Military Balance 2006; Year:
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