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Desert Tortoise

I guess that explains the high numbers of female engineers including some very senior ones working on things that go boom where I work. My immediate supervisor, a woman, is a Chemist with over a dozen patents to her name, stuff in the field of energetic materials (things that go boom or propel rockets). My wife is an Electrical Engineer who specializes in control systems analysis. Maybe you should discard all those preconceptions of yours and open your eyes to the world around you.

What you are bringing up is the exception not the norm. For example, in the US engineering industry, 86% are men and 14% are women. In the US, STEM industries (science, technology, engineering, math) 68% are men and 32% are women. Japan is even worse. Only 7% of Japanese women are in science and engineering majors. In Japan’s computer tech industry, under 20% of engineers are women and I am sure that in mechanical, electrical, aeronautical engineering the percentage of Japanese women in those fields is much lower.

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20220920-59292/

https://asianews.network/japan-gets-serious-about-supporting-careers-with-only-7%EF%BC%85-women-in-the-sciences/

You should re-read my comment because I said in general which is the industries at large. Not saying women aren't or can't be high level engineers or in high level scientific industries. Just saying that very few women go into those industries. I personally have many female family members that are in engineering and STEM industries.

William_Blake

What are 'gay/transgender values'?!

Who is 'promoting' 'gay/transgender values'?

Perhaps not as much in Japan, but in the US and other countries they are the gay/transgender groups are pushing gay/transgender grooming to kids and adults. I live in the US and the gay/transgender grooming is a major issue over here.

Japan population is in steep decline, so they should be promoting traditional family values. Just my opinion.

opheliajadefeldt

This is the year 2023 and yet the majority of men will still not recognize we women as their equals. My dog, why are so many men still wrapped up in their misogyny, is it a lack of education, or just a stubborn thought that they are superior?....lol!! In many cases religious movements are at fault, and women are looked down upon as mere reproductive vessels and nothing more.

I don't think that is true. My views are that men and women are just totally different in thinking, actions, and of course physiology.

I worked in construction industry and real estate industry at a male dominated company and female dominated company. In general, men/women just work and think differently. Women are much more collaborative in decision making. leading, and take the group's views more into account. However, men are much more independent thinking and not as collaborative in decision making and leading.

Also, men/women just levitate to different industries. Women tend to levitate more toward liberal arts based industries and men levitate more to science based industries. Some industries are male dominated because very few women go into those industries. And vice versa, some industries are women dominated because very few men go into those industries.

Japan's population is in major decline. Perhaps promoting traditional family values is better than the gay/transgender values. Just food for thought.

obladi

I really noticed the tourists this weekend. Now that they are here, Japan needs to figure out how to get them to spend their money in the countryside, instead of just piling on top of each other in the city.

Yeah, I agree. I have visited Japan many times, the cities are great, but I tend to go to the Japanese local areas and countryside rather than the hot foreign tourist spots. People in the countryside are so friendly and nice and there is a lot of great things to see and experience.

In my opinion, Japan needs to market/advertise with website and articles some of the great less known tourist spots in the countryside, but also guidance on how to get there. Most of the website and articles are just on the most popular tourist spots in Japan.

Perhaps they should dump the water in some desert that is devoid of pretty much all life. Just a couch surfing thought.

This is funny. I don't think I could nap in that awkward position standing up.

Disturbing. It is like one of those gruesome horror movies.

We will see if the Fukushima water release affects anything. Time will tell. However, many people do no realize or do not care that all ocean fish contains traces of mercury.

Good for them that a lot of people want to live there. I would prefer elsewhere.

Good for the businesses and jobs that depend on tourism. However, now if I go to Japan, I try to avoid the touristy areas. Lol.

I live in California. It has been one of the coolest summers so far in decades. There are always a few weeks that temperatures go into the 90s during summer. It is normal, but now news media sensationalizes it like it is quite abnormal.

Kato should tell her relatives that there are plenty of men that are willing to become house husbands. Lol.

Both Democrats and Republicans are engaging in nasty rhetoric and politics. It definitely has escalated in the past few years. However, a lot of the stuff being said is just pointing out some of the bad things the parties are really doing and the misinformation. Lots of lies, deceit, and deep state slanted dirty politics going on.

Wouldn't it be better to just dump the water into some desolate desert that is devoid of life? Just a thought.

Horrible sad tragedy. I wonder if it was an accident because of failure or human error.

Wouldn't it be better to just dump the water in some desolate desert that has little to no life? I'd bet some countries would allow it for a fee. Just a thought.

It is a shame they had to close down Jingu golf range as well. I liked that golf range. At least I got to experience it before they closed it.

Taxing shipping is just going to drive inflation up way, way more and inflation has already been raging around the world. The governments should be working on trying to decrease inflation not increase it.

If everyone had EV cars or even a larger percentage of cars were EV, the electrical grids would be extremely strained. Right now, the governments around the world are already asking people to cut electricity consumption. I haven't seen any legitimate solutions to increase electricity production to cover the increased demands anywhere in the world. Sounds like a recipe for failure. Just my opinion.

Shoot, I haven't climbed Mt Fuji yet. Was planning on doing it within next few years, but now this story makes me want to avoid it. Too many people always make things like this worse.

My tin foil hat says people are going to slowly become computer dependent blobs. Lol.

Ukraine has gotten about 150 billion USD in aid (military, financial, humanitarian) from many countries. They went through all that money already?

Sushiro restaurants saw a sharp fall in customers after it was shared widely.

People are not very bright when they stopped going to the restaurant chain because of this incident, like it is common incident at the restaurant. The restaurant had no control or responsibility of the guy licking the bottle. As for the lawsuit, I think it is not very bright either.

Promoting traditional straight heterosexual values will help and not pushing the gay and transgender grooming stuff like the US is doing.

But also to add, nowadays, there are lots of heated issues (government policies, religion, social issues, etc.) that have become more public due to the internet and social media. The heated issues do affect people and people are making their opinions heard, but it has cause way more division and discourse. Perhaps this is Rome falling of modern society. I don't see the division and discourse improving much.

The constant bombardment and discussion of sensitive topics like religion, politics, sex, money, and private matters in the news, social media, public, etc. has completely changed society by creating lots of division and discourse. Before, people would just mind their own business and stay in their own lane and everyone could coexist better. Nowadays, everyone feels the need to force opponents to comply with their ideology, morals, values, and belief system. I live in the US and it is particularly bad here.

In my opinion, it is ok for people to have different morals and values. There are too many different influences on people like religions, cultures, etc. To make everyone comply to one standard is not good and realistic. I think everyone should just stay in their own lane, do their own thing, and mind their own business.

Before, as the old saying goes, it is best to avoid discussing religion, politics, sex, money, and private matters publicly as it may be impolite to do so, causing discomfort and embarrassment to other people. They are very sensitive topics for much controversy and discourse.

working hours can be reduced by at least about 10 minutes a day

Saving 10 minutes per day? Lol. I'm sure there are dozens of ways that can save 10 minutes during working hours per day.

Really surprised the cellphone company says they have no GPS information from her phone because it is in a cell network in Japan. Doesn't make sense to me. I thought all cellphone if connected to any network were always pinging location via GPS.

Money can't buy happiness, but can it buy you a better looking smile? Perhaps, depending on who you are talking to. Lol.