Directory > Regional > Asia > Japan > Society and Culture > Issues Kyodo News - Japan Ranks 14th Among OECD members in Quality of Life Survey Article documenting how Japan's quality of life rates compared to other countries, through factors including infant mortality, health care, education, and labor conditions. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/display.jsp?an=20040402237 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Korean Herald - Japanese Nationalism: Old News or New Worry? Editorial giving a warning that there is a current radicalization of an otherwise stable and healthy Japanese nationalism, and it could cause strong friction in the future. [Free registration required]. http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2003/12/10/200312100023.asp Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Japan Times - Running the Sex Trade Gantlet Article on shady bait-and-switch tactics used to force Southeast Asian women into prostitution in Japan's 2.37 trillion yen a year entertainment industry. http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20031111zg.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Trade-off Vital to Raising Nation's Birth Rate A Waseda University professor argues that not only the high cost of raising a child but a women's place in society also accounts for Japan's dropping birth rate. From the Asahi Shinbun. http://www.asahi.com/english/op-ed/K2003081600162.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Japan Times - Time Running Out for Shrinking Japan Proposes opening up Japan to more third world immigrants to solve its population crisis. http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20030902zg.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Daily Yomiuri - Minister Gives English Needed Push Article documenting consideration of introducing regular English classes to Japanese primary school, with the problems in implementing the new classes. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20031104wob2.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Japan Times - Opening of Labor Market Delayed Editorial on the nation's deep-seated reluctance to open the labor market wider to foreigners. http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ed20030717a1.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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