Japan - News/General Discussion

Anime Dad wrote:Who votes we send g-mark over to Japan to help increase the birth rate with some kawaii Japanese ladies? :hehe:

[image] I'm devoted to one particularly kawaii Japanese lady. [/list:u]

Well, you could increase the birth rate one at a time then ;)

I always knew I'd have to set my Musa free at some point... :pout:

Anime Dad wrote:Who votes we send g-mark over to Japan to help increase the birth rate with some kawaii Japanese ladies? :hehe:

Why does he get to do it????? :puppydog:

gaijin mark wrote:TOKYO - Japanese births rose for the first time in six years in 2006, according to government statistics announced Monday, offering a glimmer of hope for a rapidly aging society.

Japan's population of 127 million shrank in 2005 for the first time on record, mostly due to a steadily falling birth rate, raising the prospect of a severe labor shortage and difficulties in paying the health bills and pensions of large numbers of elderly.

But preliminary data for 2006 showed there were 1.086 million births in Japan last year, 23,000 more than the previous year, the Health Ministry said Monday.
Way to go Toshi!!! :dancing: :applaud: :victory: [/list:u]

That is actually quite interesting!!

Wynter wrote:I always knew I'd have to set my Musa free at some point... :pout:

Not to worry, , , you've never heard of multi-tasking? :P [/list:u]

bmwracer wrote:
Why does he get to do it????? :puppydog:

Because he can multi-task. And he's special. Duh!

bmwracer wrote:
Why does he get to do it????? :puppydog:

I'm sure we could hook you up with Ryoko-chan for some one-on-one population growth ;)

Anime Dad wrote:I'm sure we could hook you up with Ryoko-chan for some one-on-one population growth ;)

Damn, the population growth... I want the hook up. :naughty:

bmwracer wrote:
Damn, the population growth... I want the hook up. :naughty:

Geez BM dont go crazy now.. i think once u get started u will not be able to control yourself!!! lol!!!

TOKYO - Japan will drop plans to allow women to inherit the Chrysanthemum Throne following the birth last year of a long-awaited male heir, a news report said Wednesday.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to ditch recommendations by a government panel in 2005 that an emperor's first child — boy or girl — should accede the throne, according to a report by the daily Sankei Shimbun.

The reform was designed to defuse a looming succession crisis for the royal family, which had produced no male heir in four decades.

But the drive, championed by former Prime Minister Junichiro Koziumi, lost momentum after the Sept. 6 birth of Prince Hisahito to Princess Kiko, the wife of the emperor's second son.
Sorry, Eve, Wyn-chan, Little Miss, ganmo-chan, Miss Monika, looks like you're going to have to keep your day jobs. :shakehead: [/list:u]

gaijin mark wrote: Sorry, Eve, Wyn-chan, Little Miss, ganmo-chan, Miss Monika, looks like you're going to have to keep your day jobs. :shakehead: [/list:u]

LOL.

It was a novel idea while it lasted. :hehe:

gaijin mark wrote:TOKYO - Japan will drop plans to allow women to inherit the Chrysanthemum Throne following the birth last year of a long-awaited male heir, a news report said Wednesday.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to ditch recommendations by a government panel in 2005 that an emperor's first child ? boy or girl ? should accede the throne, according to a report by the daily Sankei Shimbun.

The reform was designed to defuse a looming succession crisis for the royal family, which had produced no male heir in four decades.

But the drive, championed by former Prime Minister Junichiro Koziumi, lost momentum after the Sept. 6 birth of Prince Hisahito to Princess Kiko, the wife of the emperor's second son.
Sorry, Eve, Wyn-chan, Little Miss, ganmo-chan, Miss Monika, looks like you're going to have to keep your day jobs. :shakehead: [/list:u]

>>shakes fist< Now I'm gonna have to find another venue through which to take over the world. GAH! :grumble:

Viewer ratings for NHK's year-end Kohaku Song Contest plummet to worst on record

The viewer ratings in the Kanto region for NHK's year-end "Kohaku Song Contest" plummeted to the lowest on record this year, according to analyst Video Research Ltd.

The ratings for the first half of the 57th annual program, aired from 7:20 to 9:25 p.m. on Sunday (New Year's Eve) declined to 30.6 percent, matching the previous lowest figure in 1990 and falling well below last year's 35.4 percent.

The figure for the latter half from 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. came to 39.8 percent -- the second worst figure next only to that in 2004 and below 2005's 42.9 percent.

The public broadcaster airs the live Kohaku Song Contest on the night of New Year's Eve every year. (Mainichi)

Tu_triky wrote:Viewer ratings for NHK's year-end Kohaku Song Contest plummet to worst on record

Was that before or after MM showed up? :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Was that before or after MM showed up? :beaten:

<snickers>

:hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:<snickers>

:hehe:

I think you're one of the few here that could/would appreciate that zing. :beaten:

*shields on full*

bmwracer wrote:
I think you're one of the few here that could/would appreciate that zing. :beaten:

*shields on full*

most certainly. dunno, i think the old fashion format of having a singing event on new year's eve is wearing thin amongst japanese viewers...similar to the increasingly poor ratings of awards shows like the Oscars or Grammy Awards here in the States.

even drama ratings have fallen consistently over the last several months....

Tu_triky wrote:most certainly. dunno, i think the old fashion format of having a singing event on new year's eve is wearing thin amongst japanese viewers...similar to the increasingly poor ratings of awards shows like the Oscars or Grammy Awards here in the States.

even drama ratings have fallen consistently over the last several months....

"Familiarity breeds contempt."

bmwracer wrote:
"Familiarity breeds contempt."

Eloquently said. :applaud: