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Garibaldee@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year 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

www.xatakaon.com

Garibaldee@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year 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...
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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

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        its so east that it loops back around to being west

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          It’s*

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              Syntax mistake—not grammar

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                [Pedentry intensitfies]

                Appropriate user name, though.

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

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

        No love for New Zealand huh?

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          What’s a New Zealand?

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            Checked my map, it’s not there

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            It’s an updated version of a Dutch province

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        Developed*

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        Depends on your meridian.

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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.

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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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