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For better or for worse: is the decline in marriage actually good for relationships? | Devorah Baum
While some countries turn marriage into a patriotic act, it might just give us a radical new way to live our l…
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Isolation nation: Japan tries to draw its citizens out of post-Covid seclusion
The ranks of hikikomori, people who shun social life and stay at home, have swollen to almost 1.5 million of w…
- Japan, World cinema, Drama films, Society, Law, Assisted dying, Death and dying, World news, Asia Pacific, Culture, Film
Plan 75 review – life is terminated at 75 in melancholy anti-euthanasia drama
To combat an ageing population, a future Japan passes a law to pay older citizens to sign up for an easeful de…
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When 75 is time to die: the horrifically plausible film imagining state-run euthanasia in Japan
Japan’s ageing and lonely population is reaching crisis point. What’s the solution? The director of Plan 75, a…
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Hope at last for hay fever sufferers: Japan is waging war on pollen | Peter Ormerod
For too long, the plant world has laughed at our puffy faces and runny noses. Finally there’s a plan to stop t…
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Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop review – a breathtaking look at Japan’s paedophile boyband ‘god’
As young stars smile brightly and declare their love for him, this documentary about a music svengali’s grueso…
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More NHS staff to strike as Rishi Sunak confirms use of private healthcare – as it happened
This live blog has now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereLynch says in areas where th…
- Japan, Cancer, Life and style, Nutrition, Society, Bowel cancer, Vegetarianism, US news, Men, Health, Veganism, World news, Health & wellbeing, Medical research, Asia Pacific, UK news, Food, Science
Plant-based diet can cut bowel cancer risk in men by 22%, says study
Researchers find no such link for women, suggesting connection between diet and bowel cancer is clearer for me…
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‘A historic moment’: Japanese World Cup hopes surge ahead of crucial Costa Rica match
Fans believe the Samurai Blue are part of wave of teams changing the face of football after defeat of GermanyA…
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‘I’m afraid to have children’: fear of an older future in Japan and South Korea
As birth and fertility rates fall, there is official concern about the economic impact of a declining and agei…
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Japan tax office launches campaign to help encourage drinking
Contest asks young adults for ideas to revitalise popularity of alcoholic drinks after big fall in tax revenue…
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Japan to approve abortion pill – but partner’s consent will be required
Delay in approving pill, and the possible $780 cost, reflect priorities of male-dominated parliament, say crit…
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Slackers barred: testing Tokyo’s anti-procrastination cafe
Would the nagging, stiff chairs and coffee refills at the Manuscript Writing Cafe help Justin McCurry hit his …
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Christopher Alexander obituary
Architect and theorist who believed in creating human-centred buildings, drawing on new technology and ancient…
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Covid created 20 new ‘pandemic billionaires’ in Asia, says Oxfam
While wealthiest got richer, 140m people fell into poverty as jobs were lost, wiping out years of gains for po…
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Lessons still to be learned about masks in schools | Letters
Asia can teach the UK much about keeping schools open during a pandemic, says Edward Vickers, while Jo Campion…
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‘I was anxious at first’: how Covid helped vaccine-sceptic Japan overcome its hesitancy
Japan ranks among the most Covid-immunised countries, but only months ago the story was very differentCoronavi…
- Japan, Infectious diseases, Society, Coronavirus, Health, World news, Asia Pacific, China, South Korea, Sars
Can Covid death rates be reduced to a clash of values? It’s not so simple | Kenan Malik
The pandemic has exploded the myths of lazy stereotypes of east v west‘The fight against the novel coronavirus…
- Music, Japan, Identity politics, Sexuality, Dance music, Society, US news, World news, Asia Pacific, Dance, Stage, South Korea, Culture, Disco
Waacking for ever! Why has the martial arts disco dance craze resurfaced in Asia?
Born in the gay clubs of LA, the craze was popularised by John Travolta, Donna Summer and the TV show Soul Tra…
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The Reason I Jump review – an empathic study of nonverbal autism
Documentary inspired by Japanese teenager’s bestselling book takes us into the world of young neurodiverse peo…