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Maybe the folks who teach English in the JHS and ES should take a look at this as an employment option, at least the one's down here in Okinawa, and should start applying for these positions!
This would only wirk for women.
Men rarely work in daycare. And even if they want, a lot of parents have problems with men taking care of their children.
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Olympia and the IOC need to change. The current state gets less and less popular.
My hometown of Hamburg, Germany wanted to apply for the 2024 games. But a lot of people didn't wanted to host the games for various reason. So there was a vote and guess what? A majority voted against hosting so the city withdraw their application.
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Another case of not being willing to crack down on a serious issue.
It's quite hard to crack down on improper use of emergancy services. Using fines or harsher punishments for improper use might discourage people from calling 110 in an emergancy.
Also this is unfortunatly not just a japanese problem but also happens in quite a lot of other countries.
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