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by matsuki » Wed Oct 21, 2015 1:29 pm
Salty wrote:matsuki wrote:Or a culture of "we can save money here and by the time anyone finds out, if they ever find out, we'd have gotten ours and be long gone." (hence the chuugokumitai reference)
Agreed. And after a major earthquake, nobody would be focused on the pilings.
by Russell » Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:10 pm
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have warned the editorial departments of four weekly magazines over the publication of erotic images dating back centuries, it was learned on Monday, reports public broadcaster NHK (Oct. 19).
According to police, the publication of shunga, or erotic woodblock prints, inside magazines Shukan Post, Shukan Taishu, Shukan Gendai and Shukan Asahi Geino along with nude photographs of contemporary women on separate pages could be viewed as “obscene” under the law.
The production of shunga works reached its peak during the Edo Period (1603-1867). While similar in artistic style to ukiyo-e works, which often show courtesans and natural scenes, shunga pieces are highly explicit, typically featuring couples engaged in various sexual positions.
Earlier this month, Shukan Bunshun suspended its editor over the publication of three shunga works. One piece published by the magazine was Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife,” which depicts a woman being sexually pleasured by an octopus.
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The pieces published by Shukan Bunshun were as a part of an introduction to a shunga exhibit now underway at the Eisei Bunko Museum in Bunkyo Ward. The exhibit prohibits visitors under 18 years of age from entering.
“We will continue to respond to the publication of content that emphasizes obscenity rather than art when needed,” a representative of the police is quoted by NHK.
The editorial departments of Shukan Gendai and Shukan Asahi Geino refused to comment on the matter. A representative of Shukan Taishu said that the matter would receive “future consideration.”
An editor with Shukan Post contested the claims of the police. “Shunga is traditional culture in Japan that should be displayed to the rest of the world with pride,” the representative said, “and, until the end, we will view it as art.”
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by Samurai_Jerk » Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:03 pm
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered his new minister for demographic issues to come up with “bold proposals” for raising Japan’s birthrate. His aim: Stem a slide in the labor force to drive production and fund the retirement of the country’s elderly.
The working-age population in Asia’s second-biggest economy could shrink as much as 40 percent in the next 45 years, while the number of elderly balloons in a country with one of the world’s longest life expectancies. Abe last month made arresting the decline a priority, announcing a new economic plan that calls for stabilizing the population at 100 million in half a century from 127 million now.
Here are some measures Abe’s new minister Katsunobu Kato, a father-of-four, could introduce to slow the downward spiral.
Immigration
Less than 2 percent of the population are non-Japanese, compared with about 13 percent in the U.S. and Germany. Economists have called for increased immigration, and about half the respondents to an April poll in the Asahi newspaper agreed.
Abe last month rejected the idea of accepting more foreigners, saying he would first seek bolster the fertility rate, and entice women and the elderly into the workforce. Last year, he said foreigners were needed as housekeepers to allow more Japanese women to work outside the home, but details of a pilot program are yet to be decided.
Kindergartens
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by matsuki » Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:29 pm
Last year, he said foreigners were needed as housekeepers to allow more Japanese women to work outside the home, but details of a pilot program are yet to be decided.
by Wage Slave » Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:50 pm
by matsuki » Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:31 pm
Wage Slave wrote:Meanwhile there is no shortage of political capital and debt funded cash to squander on seeking to rewrite history, squabbling over what does or doesn't get into a UN library, chasing whales around the southern ocean and all the rest.
by Salty » Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:43 pm
matsuki wrote:Wage Slave wrote:Meanwhile there is no shortage of political capital and debt funded cash to squander on seeking to rewrite history, squabbling over what does or doesn't get into a UN library, chasing whales around the southern ocean and all the rest.
Don't forget the titty bars and kyabakura funds!
by Taro Toporific » Sat Nov 28, 2015 4:00 pm
Embroidered "Blue Screen" bomber jacket by the Japanese brand @Tabinary.
Pix taken at the Tabinary popup shop this weekend at Harajuku ---Tokyo Fashion (@TokyoFashion) Nov. 27, 2015
by Samurai_Jerk » Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:21 pm
Meet Kensuke Miyazaki, the man about to become Japan's first lawmaker to go on paternity leave.
Miyazaki has announced that he will take time off when his wife, fellow member of parliament Megumi Kaneko, is due to give birth to their first child next month.
"I decided to take paternity leave because I thought men taking part in child-rearing is indispensable in solving the declining birth rate and promoting the role of women in Japan's future," Miyazaki said.
He's facing a backlash from traditionalists, but labor rights advocates say he has a point.
by matsuki » Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:37 pm
duty to government is more important than family time.
by Mike Oxlong » Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:23 pm
Male junior high and high school students in Osaka Prefecture are more likely to suffer from dating violence than their female counterparts, a survey suggests.
A survey on dating abuse conducted by Osaka Prefecture high school students on about 1,000 junior high and high school students in the prefecture found that 12 percent of girls had been subjected to violence. Over 30 percent of male students, meanwhile, said they had been hurt by violence or verbal abuse from partners.
Overall, 30 percent of boys said they couldn't tell their partners that they disliked verbal abuse, compared with 22 percent of girls. When it came to violence, 24 percent of boys and 17 percent of girls said they couldn't tell their partners they were unhappy about it. A total of 23 percent of males and 17 percent of females said they were unable to refuse when asked for a photo showing them in their underwear or naked.
The written survey was conducted between September and November last year. Responses were received from 55 male and 50 female junior high school students, and 300 male and 586 female high school students.
For both male and female students, verbal abuse was the most common reason they were hurt. Thirty-one percent of males reported violence, while 17 percent said their messages on the free communications app LINE had been checked by their partners. Among female students, 23 percent reported sexual coercion, while 16 percent said their LINE apps had been checked.
One boy reported being told by a girl to "die" and that he was "fat," but said he couldn't break up because he liked her, while another said he disliked being hit but had to endure it as a male. One girl said that she had been pressured to delete all the contact details of her male friends on the app LINE.
Kazuo Takeuchi, an associate professor at the University of Hyogo who is familiar with student guidance and provided advice for the survey, commented, "Male students may be worried as they put on a show, not being able to say they don't like something. There are few students who discuss dating abuse with educators, so it's hard to get an idea of the actual situation. Schools probably need to adopt countermeasures of some kind."
by Taro Toporific » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:29 pm
by Coligny » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:35 pm
by inflames » Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:55 am
by kurogane » Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:12 am
inflames wrote:Can totally believe it.
“They want to tie the knot eventually. But they tend to put it off as they have gaps between their ideals and the reality,”
This is also completely true - most women have some really crazy ideas and the average guy doesn't want a maid but rather an unpaid servant.
by inflames » Sun Sep 25, 2016 12:25 am
kurogane wrote:inflames wrote:Can totally believe it.
“They want to tie the knot eventually. But they tend to put it off as they have gaps between their ideals and the reality,”
This is also completely true - most women have some really crazy ideas and the average guy doesn't want a maid but rather an unpaid servant.
Good points.
Women under the age of 45 or in miscellaneous desperate mode aside I am frequently flabbergasted by how true the one about gurlz has become in the past 10 years or so. I am a card carrying San-Kou (the 3 Talls thing) and all they can do is pick and snipe.
To be fair, the average guy thing is almost neo-traditional, and his Mommy Dearest is sooooooooooo proud of him for it.
by Coligny » Sun Sep 25, 2016 12:47 am
by kurogane » Sun Sep 25, 2016 9:30 am
inflames wrote: Had to laugh a ton - one of my coworkers was telling me how cheap her husband is - he apparently complains she is wasting money by turning up the gas "too much" when cooking something on the stove. Fucking cheap!
by matsuki » Sun Sep 25, 2016 12:00 pm
by kurogane » Sun Sep 25, 2016 5:47 pm
by inflames » Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:10 pm
by kurogane » Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:58 am
by inflames » Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:25 pm
by matsuki » Mon Sep 26, 2016 1:00 pm
by kurogane » Mon Sep 26, 2016 1:07 pm
by yanpa » Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:44 pm
matsuki wrote:I guess it helps when the family has their own temple, ikebana practitioner, and the father is a priest but I spent 0 yen on my first wedding. Something tells me the second won't be the same budget level.
by Coligny » Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:57 pm
by Grumpy Gramps » Mon Sep 26, 2016 4:07 pm
by matsuki » Mon Sep 26, 2016 5:21 pm
yanpa wrote:matsuki wrote:I guess it helps when the family has their own temple, ikebana practitioner, and the father is a priest but I spent 0 yen on my first wedding. Something tells me the second won't be the same budget level.
Congratulations! Have you set a date?
by inflames » Mon Sep 26, 2016 6:52 pm
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