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More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older

217 points · 282 comments · karakoram

  1. shoobiedoo · · focus · HN ↗
    This article calls it a "quiet emergency" but even as a foreigner living in Japan there are alarm bells everywhere. And the government buying 150 F35's is just a slap in the face when there's a massive chunk of the population that is, very quickly, going to need extra care.

    I looked into becoming a care aid myself as I'm tired of office culture in Japan and have some experience in that field. I was shocked to see that they start at less than 10USD, and working your way up takes years, decades even.

    Continuing to kick this can down the road is going to be an absolute disaster.

    1. stickfigure · · focus · HN ↗
      > buying 150 F35's

      Your immediate neighbor is going on an imperialist streak right now, and Xi says he wants the fireworks to start in his lifetime. I don't know if F35s are the right answer for Japan, but Xi isn't that young. Get ready however you can.

      1. r3trohack3r · · focus · HN ↗
        The ministry of propaganda in China runs an English language international news channel available as an IPTV stream (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tvexplorer.live&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tvexplorer.live&#x2F;)

        If you want a better understanding of which world events China is not happy about, tuning in there to see what they cover unfavorably has been useful for me.

        They seem to be very unhappy about Japan building up its war fighting capacity.

        1. isityettime · · focus · HN ↗
          &gt; They seem to be very unhappy about Japan building up its war fighting capacity.

          Maybe because of Japan&#x27;s history of horrific war crimes and occupation in China? You know, the actual imperial conquest for which their constitution prohibits them from having a standing air force?

          1. leereeves · · focus · HN ↗
            Maybe I&#x27;m missing something, but I can&#x27;t imagine modern Japan being a threat to modern China. That seems like David (Japan) vs Goliath, but unlikely to have the mythical outcome.
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