Gonna write a PHM fanfic, where they notice the Petrova line and the dimming of the sun, but no one does anything because every country is so small, it doesn't matter what they do. A few politicians try, but they get voted out in the next election, because it's way too expensive.
Toilet giant Toto has launched a service allowing those caught short in public to locate the nearest washrooms and see how busy they are real-time with a phone and QR code. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/society/japan-toilets-qr-code/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #toilets #toto
As the number of World War II survivors dwindles due to their advanced age, one of Japan’s biggest exports — anime — might play a key role in preserving their memories and stories. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/society/war-anime-younger-people/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #wwii #anime #education
Most Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life say the start of a new term after summer break feels painful, a recent survey shows, with 93.1% of respondents saying they “wanted to disappear from the world.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/society/summer-vacation-end-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #schools #children #suicide #mentalhealth
Japan plans to use state funds to help residents of areas at high risk of fire obtain earthquake-sensitive breakers to prevent blazes caused by short circuits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/society/quake-sensitive-breakers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #firefighters
School closures as a result of funding cuts are pushing Rohingya refugee children into marriage and work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/asia-pacific/society/school-rohingya-refugee-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #unhcr #myanmar #children #humanrights #usaid #un #unicef
Decades after the end of World War II, Okinawa has become a reluctant host for U.S. troops, with a string of incidents over the years that included sexual assault cases stoking the anger of residents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/japan/society/okinawa-reluctant-host-for-us-bases/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa#usbases
Alex Akselrod
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GOSPEL SHOP. A church.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Alex Akselrod
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FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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The Japanese city of Toyoake will urge all smartphone users to limit their screen time to two hours a day under a proposed ordinance that carries no penalties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/society/japan-city-proposes-two-hour-daily-smartphone-limit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #smartphones #toyoake #aichi
FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
A fire on a U.S. Navy ship off Japan was finally put out after 12 hours early Thursday, the U.S. military has said, after local vessels spent most of the night dousing the blaze. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/society/navy-ship-fire-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #us #okinawa #japancoastguard
The practice of elder women needling delicate shapes onto the faces, hands and arms of younger generations stretches back centuries in the Hindu villages that dot Pakistan's southern border with India. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/asia-pacific/society/city-hindu-tattoos-pakistan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #tattoos #pakistan #hinduism
Two Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force sergeants who died Sunday during a training exercise at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture were killed by electrocution caused by lightning, the GSDF has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/society/gsdf-lightning-oita/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #gsdf #oita #death
Tokyo has been ranked the top location of choice for "workations" in a new global survey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/society/tokyo-workcation-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #telework #foreignworkers #workation #visas
New Zealand’s population is growing at its slowest rate in almost three years as a sluggish economic recovery deters foreign immigrants and prompts more citizens to leave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/asia-pacific/society/new-zealand-population-growth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #newzealand #population
Retail prices of rice at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan averaged ¥3,737 per 5-kilogram bag from Aug. 4 to 10, up ¥195 from the previous week and around 1.4 times the price a year earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/society/rice-price-increase-august/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society#maff #rice #agriculture
Two Ground Self-Defense Force sergeants in their 20s have died during a training exercise at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture, the GSDF said Monday. They were not carrying weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/society/gsdf-training-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #oita #gsdf
Facing the growing threat of defeat, the military planned to move its headquarters from Tokyo to an area that is now a part of the city of Nagano. Construction continued until the day of Japan's surrender in the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/society/nagano-hq-replacement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #nagano #tokyo #wwii
As historic thermal baths in Romania's picturesque Baile Herculane spa town have fallen into an advanced state of decay, volunteers are fighting to save them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/world/society/volunteers-romania-cultural-treasures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #onsen #romania #architecture