Tag: societal
Kishida issues urgent warning on Japan’s shrinking population, saying it poses serious societal risk
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on January 23, 2023, that the country must take urgent steps to address the country’s shrinking population. Plagued by low birth rates and a rapidly ageing society, Japan’s population has been in continuous decline for 14 years. Kishida’s pledge came after his government approved the country’s biggest military build-up in…
Food clay creations spark joy for Chinese woman going against grain of societal expectations
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Pan Baoxin, otherwise known as Long Long, has a unique way of keeping a food journal. Instead of words, photos or videos, she creates miniature clay imitations of her food, with some as small as a centimetre. Her collection of miniature clay foods, mainly comprising local southern Chinese delicacies, has captured the imagination of tens of…