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Japan made gains in ’healthy life expectancy’ from 2013 to 2016, survey shows | The Japan Times
▻https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/09/national/science-health/japan-made-gains-healthy-life-expectancy-2013-2015-survey-shows

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Men averaged 72.14 years of healthy living, almost a year more than the previous survey in 2013, while women averaged 74.79 years, up just over six months. A health ministry official attributed the rise to more people placing importance on better nutrition and exercise.

#Japon

Japan drops by three to 114th in gender equality rankings by World Economic Forum | The Japan Times

▻https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/02/national/social-issues/japan-drops-114th-gender-equality-rankings-world-economic-forum

La photo est terrible...

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LONDON – Japan was placed at 114th in the World Economic Forum’s global gender equality rankings for 2017 released Thursday, down from 111th last year and the worst standing among the Group of Seven major economies.

The fall chiefly reflected a decline in the political empowerment of women in the country, the Geneva-based think tank said.

#japon #inégalités

#Vietnam dredging at disputed Spratly reef in #South_China_Sea: Reuters | The Japan Times
▻http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/09/asia-pacific/vietnam-dredging-disputed-spratly-reef-south-china-sea-reuters

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Vietnam has begun dredging work on a disputed reef in the South China Sea, Reuters news service reported Thursday, a move that will likely anger China, which claims virtually the entire sea.

A commercial satellite image taken on Nov. 30 shows activity on Vietnam-controlled Ladd Reef on the southwestern fringe of the Spratly group of islands, according to the report.

Several vessels can be seen in a newly dug channel between the lagoon and open sea, it said, quoting analysts as saying that similar dredging work has been the precursor to more extensive construction on other reefs.

Vietnam has already constructed a lighthouse on the reef as well as a facility that houses a small contingent of soldiers. Besides China, Taiwan also claims the reef.

#Spratleys #Spratly #Mer_de_Chine_méridionale
mais ce coup-ci, c’est #Ladd_Reef, voisine immédiate (15-20 km à l’ouest) de l’île de Spratley, elle aussi occupée par une base vietnamienne.

Japan slides to 111th in WEF gender equality rankings | The Japan Times

▻http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/26/national/social-issues/japan-slips-10-notches-111th-wef-gender-equality-rankings

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Japan’s efforts to bridge the gender divide have failed to translate into substantial change, with the nation sliding to 111th in a global inequality ranking report released Wednesday.

The Global Gender Gap Report 2016, an annual benchmarking exercise by the World Economic Forum (WEF), found that despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push for women to play a greater role in society, the nation had done little to make more use of its female talent since its ranking at 101st last year.

#égalité #gender_divide

Japanese cancer cartography

▻https://richardbrenneman.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/map-of-the-day-japanese-cancer-cartography

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From the Japan Times, which reports:

A landmark study of cancer diagnoses in Japan has revealed huge regional gaps in incidence rates in what one official said reflected notable differences in lifestyle habits across the country.

According to new statistics for all 47 prefectures, released by the National Cancer Center Wednesday, an estimated 865,000 people were diagnosed with cancer in 2012, up 14,000 from the year before. Men accounted for some 504,000 of the total, while women made up 361,000.

#japon #santé #cancer

H.I.S. ‘fly with girls of Todai’ campaign crashes as travel agency assailed | The Japan Times

▻http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/12/national/h-i-s-fly-with-girls-of-todai-campaign-crashes-as-travel-agency-assail

Unbelievable.

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Major travel agency H.I.S. Co. has been forced to cancel a sales campaign offering customers the chance to travel with “beautiful girls” from the University of Tokyo after an online backlash.

Hours after announcing the campaign on Wednesday, the agency was hit with a wave of critical comments that said it was a form of sexual harassment.

The company launched the travel campaign, offering five groups of winners the opportunity to travel abroad with female students from Japan’s top university.

#japon #viol

Poster woman for the war against the U.S.-led TPP | The Japan Times
▻http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/09/01/arts/poster-woman-war-u-s-led-tpp
L’artiste japonaise #Yoko_Inoue a créé une affiche "papier de riz"où elle dénonce le partenariat trans-pacifique #TPP

The Japanese-born, New York-based multimedia and performance artist takes aim at society’s assumptions about commerce and culture using works rooted in intensive research. This time, her target is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Inoue has been at work since February of this year on a project she calls “Rice Paper” (“Kome Kami”), a wall-mounted bilingual newspaper addressing the trade agreement currently being negotiated by 12 Pacific Rim nations, including Japan and the United States. The deal would reduce tariffs on goods such as rice, cars and beef, and alter other policies to encourage international trade. Despite lagging negotiations and stiff opposition from Japanese farmers and other stakeholders, it remains a priority for both U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Inoue, however, is convinced the TPP would harm Japanese society.

“Who benefits?” the 51-year-old artist asks on a recent afternoon in her neatly organized New York studio. “It’s the 1 percent who control all the policies and trade. Maybe we (in the general public) don’t realize it — but the corporations who want to benefit from the agreement are very tenaciously and meticulously planning everything possible to dismantle socio-economic structures. When we start paying attention, we say ‘Oh my God.’ ”

Dommage, on ne voit pas très bien son œuvre

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Sea of Japan dual name bill introduced in New York State | The Japan Times

▻http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/12/national/sea-of-japan-dual-name-bill-introduced-in-new-york-state

Une info exceptionnelle qui va ravir le MAF à Tokyo. J’attends de voir les réactions.

NEW YORK – Two New York state lawmakers said Monday that they have introduced legislation to require all new public school textbooks used in the state to refer to the waters between Japan and South Korea as the East Sea as well as the Sea of Japan.

The East Sea is South Korea’s preferred name. Korean Americans in the state have been pressing for textbooks to use both names for the body of water.

The bill was introduced to both houses of the state legislature after Virginia state lawmakers passed similar legislation last Thursday.

#japon #corée #sea_of_japan #mer_du_japon #mer_de_l_est #east_sea

ChikuwaQ : ’Roman Polanski : A Film Memoir’ | The Japan Times ▻http://t.co/avsi51w7Zi
▻http://twitter.com/ChikuwaQ/statuses/343721648010174464

ChikuwaQ : ’Roman Polanski : A Film Memoir’ | The Japan Times ▻http://t.co/avsi51w7Zi