Japan

[Alexis]

falling demand

You do seem to take more than a passing interest in intimate life of the Japanese nation.

Fortunately, CS is polite and such. Beware, because not all characters of Japanese origin are

[Heracleum Persicum]

falling demand

You do seem to take more than a passing interest in intimate life of the Japanese nation.

Fortunately, CS is polite and such. Beware, because not all characters of Japanese origin are



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Alexis , this not personal


Spengler talked always of falling birth rate in Japan (and Iran) .. so .. this a legitimate issue

"Albert Camus", all his life and work, was looking what "essence of life" is .. he came to conclusion, essence of life (in nature) is to give life to the next generation, Fortpflanzung , Reproduction (act of reproducing new individuals biologically).

In that sense, there is an issue in Japan, an "existential" issue .. CS ignoring this not productive, neither would make it go away

True, I have posted a few articles from top western newspapers.

My interest only, scientific, FREUD, psychological .. ain't personal

The issue in Japan is not same as in western world, say, in France or Italy.

In Italy or France, they start sex with 12, have a lot of it later, etc .. issue in France not having children is either financial or individualism.

In Japan, people still virgin @ 30 yrs old .. what would a French man or woman think about that ?

And , seems , demand for hourly Hotels falling

Issue in Japan is why Japanese losing sexual drive .. the most biological natural drive of any species is "sexual drive", sexual drive is stronger drive than hunger or anything else .. nature made it so, because otherwise the specie would distinguish .. "sexual drive" key in Reproduction.

In Japan the case is not having sex but don't want children like in the west and many other places where birthrate dropping .. but, seems, no sex drive

Is this not an important issue to debate ?

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[Typhoon]

falling demand

You do seem to take more than a passing interest in intimate life of the Japanese nation.

Fortunately, CS is polite and such. Beware, because not all characters of Japanese origin are



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Alexis , this not personal


Spengler talked always of falling birth rate in Japan (and Iran) .. so .. this a legitimate issue

What Spenglerman knows about Japan would not fill a sake thimble.

"Albert Camus", all his life and work, was looking what "essence of life" is .. he came to conclusion, essence of life (in nature) is to give life to the next generation, Fortpflanzung , Reproduction (act of reproducing new individuals biologically).

In that sense, there is an issue in Japan, an "existential" issue .. CS ignoring this not productive, neither would make it go away

True, I have posted a few articles from top western newspapers.

My interest only, scientific, FREUD, psychological .. ain't personal

The issue in Japan is not same as in western world, say, in France or Italy.

In Italy or France, they start sex with 12, have a lot of it later, etc .. issue in France not having children is either financial or individualism.

In Japan, people still virgin @ 30 yrs old .. what would a French man or woman think about that ?

The standard logical fallacy of extrapolating from outliers to entire populations.

According to the condom maker Durex:



Sorry to inform, but people in Japan are still having sex.

And , seems , demand for hourly Hotels falling

Issue in Japan is why Japanese losing sexual drive .. the most biological natural drive of any species is "sexual drive", sexual drive is stronger drive than hunger or anything else .. nature made it so, because otherwise the specie would distinguish .. "sexual drive" key in Reproduction.

In Japan the case is not having sex but don't want children like in the west and many other places where birthrate dropping .. but, seems, no sex drive

Is this not an important issue to debate ?

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Repeatedly debunking the exotic Japan is so weird and different nonsense does become tiresome.

The Guardian article states the obvious reason for the decline in love hotels:

“The love hotel business is going through a difficult time,” said Shigemi Sudo, director of the Tokyo Hotel and Ryokan (Inn) Association. “This is probably because more young people live away from their family home these days, so there’s no need for them to go to a love hotel.”

Further more, traditionally, newlywed wives would move in with their husband's family after marriage.

So lack of space and privacy not only before marriage, but also afterwards → love hotels.

Good luck finding a J-girl today willing to move in with her husband's family .

As for the declining birth rate, while the details differ from country to country, the basic reasons are the same as in other industrialized societies:

* The high economic cost of having and raising children combined with an ongoing decrease in the standard of living.

* More women working who do not want to have to make a binary choice between career and marriage.

* Women perceive that marrying and giving up their careers and independence places them
and their potential kids at risk if the husband loses his job.

* The lack and high cost of daycare.

[noddy]

the exaggerated, horrific worst case linear projection is that it returns to the same levels as 100 years ago.

seeing as reality never does as badly as those types of prediction, i suspect we wont be running out of japanese any time soon.

[Typhoon]

To anyone who has ever experienced the Keihin Tohoku train line in Tokyo during rush hour, this would come as a blessing.

[Heracleum Persicum]

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Does contemporary Japan need religion ?

Some futurists foresee human immortality — in the flesh or as bits and bytes on software now in embryo. Be that as it may, its time is not yet. Itsuki, no futurist in that sense and looking much less far ahead, sees something that we can all see if we look: a “big death” coming, a great dying off as postwar baby boomers, now entering their 70s, reach the end of their life spans. Children, fewer in number than ever but no less impressionable, will see it, and be jolted into questions, like, “Where do we go when we die?” They won’t get answers because there are none — but, says Itsuki, “something may well sprout in their consciousness.” What? The next vision of (the) god(s)?

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[Typhoon]

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Does contemporary Japan need religion ?

Some futurists foresee human immortality — in the flesh or as bits and bytes on software now in embryo. Be that as it may, its time is not yet. Itsuki, no futurist in that sense and looking much less far ahead, sees something that we can all see if we look: a “big death” coming, a great dying off as postwar baby boomers, now entering their 70s, reach the end of their life spans. Children, fewer in number than ever but no less impressionable, will see it, and be jolted into questions, like, “Where do we go when we die?” They won’t get answers because there are none — but, says Itsuki, “something may well sprout in their consciousness.” What? The next vision of (the) god(s)?

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Humanity seems to have evolved to require religion, be it metaphysical or secular.

That the universe is completely indifferent does not sit well with most.

[noddy]

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Does contemporary Japan need religion ?

Some futurists foresee human immortality — in the flesh or as bits and bytes on software now in embryo. Be that as it may, its time is not yet. Itsuki, no futurist in that sense and looking much less far ahead, sees something that we can all see if we look: a “big death” coming, a great dying off as postwar baby boomers, now entering their 70s, reach the end of their life spans. Children, fewer in number than ever but no less impressionable, will see it, and be jolted into questions, like, “Where do we go when we die?” They won’t get answers because there are none — but, says Itsuki, “something may well sprout in their consciousness.” What? The next vision of (the) god(s)?

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Humanity seems to have evolved to require religion, be it metaphysical or secular.

That the universe is completely indifferent does not sit well with most.

I think that insight (the big death) is quite likely a good one and applies to all the modernised countries, not just Japan - so many westerners born post boomer havent experienced much death in their lives.

a scary amount of folks ive met think of death as a disease with a cure thats going to arrive any day now.

[Typhoon]

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Does contemporary Japan need religion ?

Some futurists foresee human immortality — in the flesh or as bits and bytes on software now in embryo. Be that as it may, its time is not yet. Itsuki, no futurist in that sense and looking much less far ahead, sees something that we can all see if we look: a “big death” coming, a great dying off as postwar baby boomers, now entering their 70s, reach the end of their life spans. Children, fewer in number than ever but no less impressionable, will see it, and be jolted into questions, like, “Where do we go when we die?” They won’t get answers because there are none — but, says Itsuki, “something may well sprout in their consciousness.” What? The next vision of (the) god(s)?

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Humanity seems to have evolved to require religion, be it metaphysical or secular.

That the universe is completely indifferent does not sit well with most.

I think that insight (the big death) is quite likely a good one and applies to all the modernised countries, not just Japan - so many westerners born post boomer havent experienced much death in their lives.

Indeed.

a scary amount of folks ive met think of death as a disease with a cure thats going to arrive any day now.

Agreed.
The mass media does not help with the junk science articles about how we'll all be active in our 130's in the "near future".

People with such beliefs are in for a disappointment.

Nothing more sobering than a visit to a nursing home.

A statistically surprising number of my friends and acquaintances, middle aged with one to two decades to retirement,
have died over the last several years. All due to natural causes.

[YMix]

A statistically surprising number of my friends and acquaintances, middle aged with one to two decades to retirement,
have died over the last several years. All due to natural causes.

Is your actual name Bill Clinton by any chance?

[Simple Minded]

A statistically surprising number of my friends and acquaintances, middle aged with one to two decades to retirement,
have died over the last several years. All due to natural causes.

more data supporting the existence of climate change......

[Typhoon]

A statistically surprising number of my friends and acquaintances, middle aged with one to two decades to retirement,
have died over the last several years. All due to natural causes.

Is your actual name Bill Clinton by any chance?

Very good.

[Typhoon]

A statistically surprising number of my friends and acquaintances, middle aged with one to two decades to retirement,
have died over the last several years. All due to natural causes.

more data supporting the existence of climate change......

Indeed. May have to reassess.

[Nonc Hilaire]

Typhoon: Fukushima is back in the news over here. Melt through? 540 sieverts?

What is the current status? I can't trust the news over here.

[Typhoon]

Typhoon: Fukushima is back in the news over here. Melt through? 540 sieverts?

What is the current status? I can't trust the news over here.

TEPCO may have found the location of the fuel remains in one of the reactors

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/ene ... lear-plant

This would be good news as to remove this highly radioactive debris and entomb it, one first has to find it.

Almost all msm headlines I've seen with regards to this development are histrionic click bait.

[Heracleum Persicum]

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Just three out of Japan’s 42 usable reactors are running at present

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‘Catastrophic’ implications

Shaun Burnie, a nuclear specialist with Greenpeace Germany, called for a fundamental overhaul of the way the regulator reviews earthquake risks. He praised the engineers who had “spoken out” about the potential pre-tsunami damage at Fukushima Daiichi, saying they were right to demand further investigation.

“That is something the nuclear industry is determined to avoid as the ramifications, if proven, would be catastrophic for the future operation of reactors in Japan – but also have major implications worldwide,” he said in an interview.

Burnie said the International Atomic Energy Agency and regulators worldwide had based their reviews of the Fukushima accident on the basis that without the tsunami, there would have been no multiple reactor meltdowns.

“While this may be the conclusion the nuclear industry want to hear, it may not be correct. It could be many years before this issue is resolved one way or the other. Meanwhile, Japan continues to apply a flawed seismic model for assessing risks at nuclear plants.”

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[Typhoon]

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Just three out of Japan’s 42 usable reactors are running at present

All the reactors were shut down after the Fukushima Daiichi incident. It is good that a few are back online and running.

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‘Catastrophic’ implications

Shaun Burnie, a nuclear specialist with Greenpeace Germany, called for a fundamental overhaul of the way the regulator reviews earthquake risks. He praised the engineers who had “spoken out” about the potential pre-tsunami damage at Fukushima Daiichi, saying they were right to demand further investigation.

“That is something the nuclear industry is determined to avoid as the ramifications, if proven, would be catastrophic for the future operation of reactors in Japan – but also have major implications worldwide,” he said in an interview.

Burnie said the International Atomic Energy Agency and regulators worldwide had based their reviews of the Fukushima accident on the basis that without the tsunami, there would have been no multiple reactor meltdowns.

“While this may be the conclusion the nuclear industry want to hear, it may not be correct. It could be many years before this issue is resolved one way or the other. Meanwhile, Japan continues to apply a flawed seismic model for assessing risks at nuclear plants.”

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Greenpeace and "nuclear specialist" go together like gasoline - petrol vapour and a match.

Thanks to Greenpeace and other such "nuclear specialists",
Germany is phasing out their nuclear power plants, due to their long history of massive earthquakes and devastating tsunamis, and is thus having to switch to dirty soft coal, nat gas, and wood pellets, from trees cut down in the USA, to make up for the intermittency and unreliability of highly subsidized wind and solar.
Germany's CO2 emissions have actually not decreased while their electricity rates are amongst the highest in the indstrialized wordl

https://global.handelsblatt.com/compani ... gas-701667

Greenpeace started off on the right direction, but as with many organizations, the ideological extremists and opportunists took over, and now it is nothing more than a black, er, greenmailing extortion racket that uses the environment as pretext.

Japan's realistic options are imported coal, nat gas, and/or nuclear. Support for a Made-in-Japan 4th gen nuclear reactor design has been pathetic amongst the government and industry. In this case, they should replace their existing system with the fail-safe CANDU HWR design. However, on projects of such a scale international politics comes into play.
Another good option would be geothermal based on the Iceland model, but local issues get in the way.

[YMix]

"Radioactive wild boar" sounds rad.

[Typhoon]

"Radioactive wild boar" sounds rad.

Quite. A name for a metal band.

Not clear to me as how it is an problem though unless one plans to hunt and subsist off of them.

[Simple Minded]

Greenpeace and "nuclear specialist" go together like gasoline - petrol vapour and a match.

Thanks to Greenpeace and other such "nuclear specialists",
Germany is phasing out their nuclear power plants, due to their long history of massive earthquakes and devastating tsunamis, and is thus having to switch to dirty soft coal, nat gas, and wood pellets, from trees cut down in the USA, to make up for the intermittency and unreliability of highly subsidized wind and solar.
Germany's CO2 emissions have actually not decreased while their electricity rates are amongst the highest in the indstrialized wordl

https://global.handelsblatt.com/compani ... gas-701667

Greenpeace started off on the right direction, but as with many organizations, the ideological extremists and opportunists took over, and now it is nothing more than a black, er, greenmailing extortion racket that uses the environment as pretext.

Japan's realistic options are imported coal, nat gas, and/or nuclear. Support for a Made-in-Japan 4th gen nuclear reactor design has been pathetic amongst the government and industry. In this case, they should replace their existing system with the fail-safe CANDU HWR design. However, on projects of such a scale international politics comes into play.
Another good option would be geothermal based on the Iceland model, but local issues get in the way.

Amen. As one who works in the nuclear industry, not buying into anything the MSM and the anti-nuke greenies publish is always the smart bet.

Nuclear power is an even greater threat to humanity than climate change. Of that much, we can be certain.

How has Japan replaced the lost nuclear electrical generating capacity?

[Heracleum Persicum]

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How has Japan replaced the lost nuclear electrical generating capacity ?

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I'm hopping , Japan will revert to GasTurbine, burning LNG .. for electricity generation

LNG is clean and abundant

China has declared priority for "Blue Sky" policy .. meaning cutting back on burning coal .. next nuclear disaster will lead also cutting back on planned nuclear power planned .. leading to GasTurbine LNG electricity generation.

LNG industry has big futures .. big players are Americans (Cheniere Energy), Qatar, Iran, Australia etc

LNG is the future

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[Nonc Hilaire]

What is up with this Saudi King visiting Japan and Indonesia?

I'll spot him toting along his red carpets, golden escalators and limosines but if my mother-in-law came to visit and brought 500 tons of luggage I would be worried about her moving in.

At the same time we have intrigue and aircraft carriers in the Koreas. Not a safe time for a visit. Perhaps Korea is a only feint and the real reason for the aircraft carrier is the king's visit. Did the king bring fighter support too?

Not much reliable news here. Everything I can find on this is superficial.

[Typhoon]

Greenpeace and "nuclear specialist" go together like gasoline - petrol vapour and a match.

Thanks to Greenpeace and other such "nuclear specialists",
Germany is phasing out their nuclear power plants, due to their long history of massive earthquakes and devastating tsunamis, and is thus having to switch to dirty soft coal, nat gas, and wood pellets, from trees cut down in the USA, to make up for the intermittency and unreliability of highly subsidized wind and solar.
Germany's CO2 emissions have actually not decreased while their electricity rates are amongst the highest in the indstrialized wordl

https://global.handelsblatt.com/compani ... gas-701667

Greenpeace started off on the right direction, but as with many organizations, the ideological extremists and opportunists took over, and now it is nothing more than a black, er, greenmailing extortion racket that uses the environment as pretext.

Japan's realistic options are imported coal, nat gas, and/or nuclear. Support for a Made-in-Japan 4th gen nuclear reactor design has been pathetic amongst the government and industry. In this case, they should replace their existing system with the fail-safe CANDU HWR design. However, on projects of such a scale international politics comes into play.
Another good option would be geothermal based on the Iceland model, but local issues get in the way.

Amen. As one who works in the nuclear industry, not buying into anything the MSM and the anti-nuke greenies publish is always the smart bet.

Nuclear power is an even greater threat to humanity than climate change. Of that much, we can be certain.

How has Japan replaced the lost nuclear electrical generating capacity?

After Fukushima, Japan imported and additional 10 million short tons of coal and liquefied natural gas imports rose 24% between 2010 and 2012 mostly consumed in the power sector (64%).

Spot the facepalm.



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[Doc]

Hey CS You may be happy to know that NHK has been picked up by my local PBS station. 24 hours a day on one of their HD sub channels.

But I have a question for you. What is the nature of the volcanoes in Japan? I hear recently that it has been determined that they can all erupt at more or less the same time. At least historically they may have. Are they highly explosive in nature? Like Mount St Helens? Here there is still worry that the Yellow Stone caldera may erupt in the not so distant future. If it did large protions of the US would be uninhabitable for some time. I guess my real question is are their any plans if they do all blow at once?

[noddy]

I guess my real question is are their any plans if they do all blow at once?

grip each ankle firmly, place your head between your knees and kiss your ass good bye.