Japan News This Week 19 February 2017
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Japan Limited Immigration; Now It’s Short of Workers
New York Times
Japan PM Shinzo Abe's diplomatic hole in one with Trump
BBC
Record numbers of couples living in sexless marriages in Japan, says report
Guardian
Osaka preschool scrutinized after passing out slurs against Koreans, Chinese
Japan Times
Seventeen’s Battle with the Cult of Masculinity: Reading Ōe Kenzaburō’s 1960s Critique of Rightist Resurgence in the Age of Abe
Japan Focus
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Statistics
A simple comparison of Japanese agriculture and US agriculture reveals stark differences.
Total Production Value in 2014: USA - 24 trillion yen, Japan - 6 trillion yen
Average Farm Size: USA - 175.5 hectares, Japan - 2.54 hectares
Cost to produce 60 kg of rice: USA - 2,200 yen, Japan - 15,400 yen
Source: Yomiuri Shinbun
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Japan Limited Immigration; Now It’s Short of Workers
New York Times
Japan PM Shinzo Abe's diplomatic hole in one with Trump
BBC
Record numbers of couples living in sexless marriages in Japan, says report
Guardian
Osaka preschool scrutinized after passing out slurs against Koreans, Chinese
Japan Times
Seventeen’s Battle with the Cult of Masculinity: Reading Ōe Kenzaburō’s 1960s Critique of Rightist Resurgence in the Age of Abe
Japan Focus
Last Week's Japan News on the JapanVisitor blog
Statistics
A simple comparison of Japanese agriculture and US agriculture reveals stark differences.
Total Production Value in 2014: USA - 24 trillion yen, Japan - 6 trillion yen
Average Farm Size: USA - 175.5 hectares, Japan - 2.54 hectares
Cost to produce 60 kg of rice: USA - 2,200 yen, Japan - 15,400 yen
Source: Yomiuri Shinbun
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