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Aunque en el mundo difuso de los que "problamente si" o "problemente no" se mueven el 37%, los que dicen "No, con toda seguridad" son más del doble que los que dicen "Si, con toda seguridad".
Japan's Birth Rate Falls To a Record LowPosted by msmash on Thursday June 06, 2024 @11:31AM from the global-trend dept.Japan's birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday. A government official described the situation as critical and urged authorities to do everything they can to reverse the trend. From a report:CitarThe data underscores Japan's long-standing issues of a rapidly aging and shrinking population, which has serious implications for the country's economy and national security -- especially against the backdrop of China's increasingly assertive presence in the region.According to the latest statistics, Japan's fertility rate -- the average number of babies a woman is expected to have in her lifetime -- stood at 1.2 last year. The 727,277 babies born in Japan in 2023 were down 5.6% from the previous year, the ministry said -- the lowest since Japan started compiling the statistics in 1899. Separately, the data shows that the number of marriages fell by 6% to 474,717 last year, something authorities say is a key reason for the declining birth rate. In the predominantly traditional Japanese society, out-of-wedlock births are rare as people prize family values.
The data underscores Japan's long-standing issues of a rapidly aging and shrinking population, which has serious implications for the country's economy and national security -- especially against the backdrop of China's increasingly assertive presence in the region.According to the latest statistics, Japan's fertility rate -- the average number of babies a woman is expected to have in her lifetime -- stood at 1.2 last year. The 727,277 babies born in Japan in 2023 were down 5.6% from the previous year, the ministry said -- the lowest since Japan started compiling the statistics in 1899. Separately, the data shows that the number of marriages fell by 6% to 474,717 last year, something authorities say is a key reason for the declining birth rate. In the predominantly traditional Japanese society, out-of-wedlock births are rare as people prize family values.
Tokyo's Government Is Building Its Own Dating App To Combat Falling BirthratesPosted by BeauHD on Friday June 07, 2024 @07:20PM from the drastic-times-call-for-drastic-measures dept.An anonymous reader quotes a report from Time Magazine:CitarCalled "Tokyo Futari Story," the city hall's new initiative is just that: An effort to create couples, "futari," in a country where it is increasingly common to be "hitori," or alone. While a site offering counsel and general information for potential lovebirds is online, a dating app is also in development. City hall hopes to offer it later this year, accessible through phone or web, a city official said Thursday. Details were still undecided. City Hall declined to comment on Japanese media reports that said the app will require a confirmation of identity, such as a driver's license, your tax records to prove income and a signed form that says you are ready to get married.According to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday, Japan's birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023. "According to the latest statistics, Japan's fertility rate -- the average number of babies a woman is expected to have in her lifetime -- stood at 1.2 last year," reports ABC News. "The 727,277 babies born in Japan in 2023 were down 5.6% from the previous year, the ministry said -- the lowest since Japan started compiling the statistics in 1899. Separately, the data shows that the number of marriages fell by 6% to 474,717 last year, something authorities say is a key reason for the declining birth rate."
Called "Tokyo Futari Story," the city hall's new initiative is just that: An effort to create couples, "futari," in a country where it is increasingly common to be "hitori," or alone. While a site offering counsel and general information for potential lovebirds is online, a dating app is also in development. City hall hopes to offer it later this year, accessible through phone or web, a city official said Thursday. Details were still undecided. City Hall declined to comment on Japanese media reports that said the app will require a confirmation of identity, such as a driver's license, your tax records to prove income and a signed form that says you are ready to get married.
GameStop stock drops on share sale plan and Roaring Kitty livestreamVideo game retailer launches second capital raise in less than a month amid renewed price swings GameStop shares have surged since the apparent return in mid-May of Keith Gill — also known as Roaring Kitty — on various social media platforms © Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/ShutterstockGameStop shares plunged on Friday after the struggling video game retailer announced plans for a new share sale, despite efforts by the “meme stock” trader Roaring Kitty to drum up support for the stock.Shares in GameStop closed almost 40 per cent lower, trimming the feverish gains since the mid-May return of Roaring Kitty — real name Keith Gill, who became famous in 2021 for talking up the lossmaking company.In a YouTube livestream on Friday afternoon, Gill said he had “a lot of the same feelings” as in 2021, and emphasised his support for chief executive Ryan Cohen.“Ryan Cohen and his crew, that’s what folks should be focused on . . . I feel like I’ve seen enough where I believe this guy might be able to do it.”GameStop has taken advantage of its popularity with retail traders to bolster its financial position with repeated stock sales, and on Friday morning it disclosed plans to sell another 75mn shares.That announcement came alongside an earlier-than-scheduled publication of its first-quarter financial results, which showed a 29 per cent year-on-year drop in sales but a narrowing of net losses from $50.5mn to $32.3mn. The figures were in the middle of a forecast range the company provided last month.GameStop’s core business selling game consoles, software and collectibles has been in decline, while its retail footprint has shrunk by more than a quarter in the past five years to just over 4,000 stores, mostly in the US. Gains on investments have helped staunch losses from the challenged retail operations in recent quarters, however.Last month GameStop sold 45mn new shares, pulling in $933mn, after Gill’s re-emergence with a series of cryptic social media posts sent the stock sharply higher. It reported cash of $999mn in the first quarter before the new funds and it has minimal debt. Were it to sell the new shares at Friday’s afternoon’s price of $27.90, it would raise a further $2.1bn.Screenshots posted earlier this week showed Gill had taken out a position in GameStop stock and call options worth as much as $557mn, prompting speculation that he was being supported by a third-party funder. He said on Friday’s livestream that there were “no other folks I’m working with” and GameStop was his only investment. Keith Gill, aka Roaring Kitty, during his YouTube livestream on Friday © BloombergEven after Friday’s decline, GameStop’s shares are still up about 60 per cent since Gill’s return in mid-May.An image of Roaring Kitty’s E*Trade account shown during the livestream showed his position had lost more than $200mn in value on Friday but was still up almost $150mn since his initial investments.Gill, who was sporting white sunglasses, a head bandage and multiple Band-Aids, burst out laughing after his announcement that the livestream would end coincided with a fresh daily low in the stock. “That’s your bad for thinking I’m all there,” he said. “I’m not.”
Por fin tengo tiempo para organizar mis ideas y escribir unas líneas.Me ha parecido tremendamente interesante la entrevista a Todd porque dice de forma estructurada algo que llevo años pensando pero no había sido capaz de encajar más allá de una idea abstracta.Para mí el protestantismo no sería la razón final, habría que irse un nivel más arriba. Explico esto.Si leen los textos de la época del expansionismo del imperio español hasta el desastre del 98 verán constantes menciones al honor y la gloria. Por supuesto que los que se embarcaban e iban a la conquista de américa lo hacían por dinero, pero también por la Corona, por el honor, por la religión, por la fama y la gloria, en definitiva por cualquier otro valor superior al dinero. Cuando se hacen las cosas por dinero al final todo se reduce a una mera cuestión de riesgo/beneficio. Cuando se hacen por un ideal superior, no sólo importa el "qué", también el "cómo". Y cuando importa el "cómo", se consiguen grandes cosas.El protestantismo que menciona Todd es otra forma diferente de "cómo", pero se traduce en lo mismo, en ser honorable y hacer las cosas bien (aunque sólo sea para que tus vecinos no te condenen al ostracismo). Cuando tienes una sociedad en la que otras cosas (como ir al cielo) importan más que el dinero, no vas por ahí jodiendo a tus vecinos o a tus propios hijos por dos reales. En una sociedad así, no tendríamos caseros exprimiendo a los inquilinos hasta el delirio, ni a vagos que no pegan palo al agua orgullosos de estar viviendo de parasitar al sistema, ni a un Presidente del Gobierno inundado por casos de corrupción y haciendo como si la cosa no fuera con el.Tengo clarísimo que todos estos ejercicios de ingeniería social (inmigración masiva, LGTBI, sustitución de hijos por animales, etc.) son ataques a la religión y al pensamiento tradicional desde todos los ángulos posibles para poder implantar un nuevo modelo completamente amoral en el que se pueda comprar cualquier cosa con dinero (dinero que controlará un grupo muy reducido de personas) y en el que la gente mire para otro lado.
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