You do seem to take more than a passing interest in intimate life of the Japanese nation.Heracleum Persicum wrote:falling demand
Fortunately, CS is polite and such. Beware, because not all characters of Japanese origin are
You do seem to take more than a passing interest in intimate life of the Japanese nation.Heracleum Persicum wrote:falling demand
Alexis wrote:You do seem to take more than a passing interest in intimate life of the Japanese nation.Heracleum Persicum wrote:falling demand
Fortunately, CS is polite and such. Beware, because not all characters of Japanese origin are
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What Spenglerman knows about Japan would not fill a sake thimble.Heracleum Persicum wrote:Alexis wrote:You do seem to take more than a passing interest in intimate life of the Japanese nation.Heracleum Persicum wrote:falling demand
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
The standard logical fallacy of extrapolating from outliers to entire populations.Heracleum Persicum wrote:"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 ?
Repeatedly debunking the exotic Japan is so weird and different nonsense does become tiresome.Heracleum Persicum wrote: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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Further more, traditionally, newlywed wives would move in with their husband's family after marriage.“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.”
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)?
Humanity seems to have evolved to require religion, be it metaphysical or secular.Heracleum Persicum wrote:.
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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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.Typhoon wrote:Humanity seems to have evolved to require religion, be it metaphysical or secular.Heracleum Persicum wrote:.
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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That the universe is completely indifferent does not sit well with most.
Indeed.noddy wrote: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.Typhoon wrote:Humanity seems to have evolved to require religion, be it metaphysical or secular.Heracleum Persicum wrote:.
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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That the universe is completely indifferent does not sit well with most.
Agreed.noddy wrote:a scary amount of folks ive met think of death as a disease with a cure thats going to arrive any day now.
Is your actual name Bill Clinton by any chance?Typhoon wrote: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.
Very good.YMix wrote:Is your actual name Bill Clinton by any chance?Typhoon wrote: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.
Indeed. May have to reassess.Simple Minded wrote:more data supporting the existence of climate change......Typhoon wrote:
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.
TEPCO may have found the location of the fuel remains in one of the reactorsNonc Hilaire wrote: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.
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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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All the reactors were shut down after the Fukushima Daiichi incident. It is good that a few are back online and running.
Greenpeace and "nuclear specialist" go together like gasoline - petrol vapour and a match.Heracleum Persicum wrote:.
‘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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Quite. A name for a metal band.YMix wrote:"Radioactive wild boar" sounds rad.
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.Typhoon wrote:
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.
Simple Minded wrote:.
How has Japan replaced the lost nuclear electrical generating capacity ?
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Simple Minded wrote: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.Typhoon wrote:
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.
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?
Spot the facepalm.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%).