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Dementia in Japan: A Look at Some of the Problems Facing Japan and Measures Being Undertaken


Posted on  February 18, 2020

A brief overview of dementia in Japan. With about a third of Japan’s population aged 65 or older and no signs of this number going down anytime soon, Japan is having to deal with a long list of pressing issues that are stemming from its rapidly aging population. Perhaps one of the most pressing of these issues is how to …

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Japan’s Government Wants Men to Use Parasols


Posted on  May 28, 2019

Are you manly enough to use a parasol? Japan’s infamously hot and humid summers can be pretty brutal. In fact, in 2018 high summer temperatures resulted a new record with almost 100,000 people being taken to the hospital due to heatstroke. With figures like this it’s no surprise that Japan’s government is looking into ways of protecting its citizens from …

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Meet Macho29: Japan’s Most Muscular And Manly Entertainment Group [Video]


Posted on  November 28, 2018

“One for macho. Macho for all.” – Macho29 website. Whether you’re into “chubby angels” or senior citizen pop singers, Japan has a musical group for you. But what about if you’re into mostly naked men with bulging muscles? Well, you’re in luck. Composed entirely of finely sculpted muscular men (many of which have won bodybuilding competitions), Macho29 is a group …

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Japanese Company Creates Baldness Detecting Drone With The Voice Of A J Pop Idol (Video)


Posted on  August 24, 2017

Baldness detecting drones may soon be a thing? Ningen (人間株式会社, ningen kabushiki gaisha), the advertising company behind that video from a few months ago showing off EDM created using female pubic hair is back, and this time they’ve come up with a needlessly complicated way to find out if you’re starting to go bald. What Ningen has come up with …

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