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The Backlash Against Parenthood: Examining Criticism Amid Declining Birthrates, Social Media Trends, and Dual-Income Dynamics

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Declining Birthrate, SNS, dual incomes...Why is there criticism of "people with children"?

Declining Birthrates: The criticism of parents on social media shows no signs of abating. Amidst a continuing decline in birth rates (Declining Birthrates), Kazuma Sato, a professor of family economics at Takushoku University and a parent himself, expresses concern that this trend could dissuade individuals from pursuing marriage and parenthood in the future. Declining Birthrates:

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Economy/Society

Large-scale power outage affects Miyakojima, Okinawa, leaving 25,500 homes without power, with no estimated time for restoration

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Large-scale power outage across Miyakojima, Okinawa, affecting 25,500 homes with no hope of recovery

Around 3:10 a.m. on the 25th, Miyakojima City in Okinawa Prefecture experienced a large-scale power outage. As of 9:30 a.m. on the same day, Okinawa Electric Power reported that approximately 25,500 households, nearly all households in the city, remained without power. There is currently no estimated time for restoration. Miyakojima City receives its electricity from

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business / Economy/Society

Concerns over Fukushima’s Treated Water Release Impact Japanese Cosmetics Amidst Shifting China Boycott Dynamics

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Release of treated water causes headwinds for Japanese cosmetics, what happened to China's boycott movement

Negative sentiments toward Japanese cosmetics on China social networking sites (SNS) are diminishing. Following the commencement of treated water discharge from the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean in August 2023, China not only halted imports of Japanese marine products entirely but also posed significant challenges to the sales of Japanese cosmetics,

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Economy/Society

Former Johnny’s protests to BBC, president Higashiyama’s statement “intentionally distorted”

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Former Johnny's protests to BBC, president Higashiyama's statement ``intentionally distorted''

On the 25th, SMILE-UP. (formerly Johnny’s Office) vehemently protested against a British BBC broadcast, accusing it of deliberately distorting President Noriyuki Higashiyama’s statements during a program addressing sexual assault issues. They issued a correction and announced that a letter demanding an apology had been sent. According to Smile Inc., the broadcast in March, titled “The

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