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Life after the spotlight: Japan’s sumo wrestlers struggle to find work outside the sport
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The life of a sumo wrestler can be one of lavish gifts and public adoration. But it’s a short-lived career. Most sumo wrestlers retire in their 30s with little education and no real-world work experience. Few even earn salaries during their time in the sport. It can be a tough transition for many, but some former…
Japan’s population drops by 644,000 in a single year
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Japan is already a “super-aged society” with more than 28 per cent of the population aged 65 and older. But in 2021, the country grew even older as the percentage of senior citizens rose by seven per cent, while that of children 14 and younger fell by six per cent. It’s a troubling sign for a…
Is this VR robot the future of Japan’s railway labour force?
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube This part-Gundam, part-crane robot can lift heavy objects up to 10 metres into the air. The prototype can repair overhead railway lines that are hard to reach. By replacing humans in the dangerous task, it also helps workers avoid the risk of falling and electrocution. West Japan Railway, which developed the VR robot with two other…
In Japan’s anti-procrastination cafe, no leaving until the work is done
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Customers at Tokyo’s “Manuscript Writing Cafe” cannot leave until their work is done. The cafe is for writers of all kinds who face deadlines. Customers first write down their work goals and an expected length of time it will take to achieve them. Next, they choose between three levels of intensity of progress checks from ‘mild’…
Japan’s Pet Otter Obsession | 101 East
Pet cafes are popular tourist destinations in Japan where visitors pay to play with otters and other exotic creatures. Cute and charming, otters have also become popular household pets in Japan. Cramped inside small city apartments with not much water to splash around in, they’re often living a life of misery in captivity. Animal rights campaigners are concerned that many otters are being caught in…
Japan’s Yusaku Maezawa returns to Earth after 12-day space flight
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has returned to Earth after a 12-day journey into space, ending a practice run for his planned trip around the moon with founder Elon Musk’s SpaceX in 2023. The 46-year-old fashion tycoon and his assistant, Yozo Hirano, parachuted onto Kazakhstan’s steppe at 03:13 GMT on Monday, along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. “The flight of the ‘tourist’ spacecraft ‘Soyuz MS-20’ has…
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