A sightseeing helicopter with three people on board, headed for a scenic flight over the crater of Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, went missing Tuesday morning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/japan/society/sightseeing-helicopter-missing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #kumamoto #aso #helicopters
With access to mental health care stretched thin in Ghana, families often turn instead to forest "prayer camps" and spiritual healers, driven by beliefs mental illness is rooted in curses, witchcraft or possession. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/world/society/ghana-mentally-ill-prayer-care/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #ghana #mentalhealth #africa
China's birth rate fell last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed, as its population shrank for a fourth straight year despite efforts to slow the decline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/asia-pacific/society/china-birth-rate-lowest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #population #children
In a Gifu Prefecture community in which roughly half of the residents are age 65 or older, people are helping one another with everyday problems in what could be a model case for an aging society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/japan/society/japan-aging-society-mutual-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #gifu #aging #elderly #housing #volunteers
Sabrina Web :privacypride: 📎
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A city in Fukushima Prefecture has started highlighting dog owners who leave their pets’ droppings behind by drawing a yellow circle around the feces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/japan/society/fukushima-city-tackles-dog-fouling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #dogs #pets #koriyama #fukushima
A city in Fukushima Prefecture has started highlighting dog owners who leave their pets’ droppings behind by drawing a yellow circle around the feces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/japan/society/fukushima-city-tackles-dog-fouling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #dogs #pets #koriyama #fukushima
As immigration puts a strain on things such as housing and health care, Switzerland is asking itself: Is 10 million people too many? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/world/society/switzerland-10-million-people/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #switzerland #demographics #eu #europe #davos
Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka is under fire over allegations of power harassment, including telling one official he should kill himself by seppuku if he failed to achieve a specific target. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/society/yokohama-mayor-harassment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #yokohama #takeharuyamanaka #powerharassment #harassment #atsushikubota
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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You don't live under the rule of law online. You live under the rule of defaults.
They're faster than regulation and more effective than consent.
If you want to see a platform's real values, don't read it's policy. Check what's already switched on.
#technology #politics #psychology #society
New read at:
'Default Settings as Cultural Power: The Most Powerful Opinion You Never Chose'
https://www.keystone-collective.org/default-settings-as-cultural-power-the-most-powerful-opinion-you-never-chose/
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China is rolling out its most wide-ranging push to boost a flagging birth rate, with official population data due on Jan. 19 set to show a fourth consecutive annual drop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/asia-pacific/society/china-birth-boost-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #population #birthcontrol
China is rolling out its most wide-ranging push to boost a flagging birth rate, with official population data due on Jan. 19 set to show a fourth consecutive annual drop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/asia-pacific/society/china-birth-boost-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #population #birthcontrol
Around 91,000 people, mostly young men, have been thrown into prison in El Salvador since 2022 on suspicions that they are gang members, some simply because they had tattoos. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/world/society/crisis-generation-salvadorans-dad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #elsalvador #centralamerica #nayibbukele #prisons
Aderenti Escapes su mastodon
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An education system run by international aid groups has become severely overstretched in Rohingya refugee camps that house around half a million children in Bangladesh. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/asia-pacific/society/rohingya-children-education/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #bangladesh #myanmar #children #education #un
An education system run by international aid groups has become severely overstretched in Rohingya refugee camps that house around half a million children in Bangladesh. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/asia-pacific/society/rohingya-children-education/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #bangladesh #myanmar #children #education #un
A research team at the University of Tokyo began testing a Level 4 autonomous driving bus on public roads for the first time on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/japan/society/autonomous-driving-bus-kashiwa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #selfdriving #tech #universityoftokyo #chiba #kashiwa
An app called “Are you dead” targeted at people living alone has gone viral in China, with surging downloads and widespread commentary on social media. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/asia-pacific/society/are-you-dead-chinese-app/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #apps #socialmedia
With Japan’s traditional coffee shops that flourished in the 1980s disappearing amid specialty stores, global chains and aging owners with no successor, a younger generation in love with the older era is stepping up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/japan/society/japan-kissaten-young-owners/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #cafes #socialmedia #instagram #coffee #showa
Many hoping to lose weight are turning to a drug approved in Japan for treating type-2 diabetes, but doctors specializing in diabetes warn that the risks of taking the drug are underestimated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/japan/society/diabetes-drug-weight-loss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #health #drugs #mounjaro #hospitals #diabetes
The scenes a soldier of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army witnessed after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II were enough to prompt him to build an orphanage still around today. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/japan/society/japan-hiroshima-child-welfare/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #children #socialwelfare