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part 2

From Eric Rohmer’s Tale of Summer, stolen from this tweet I am staying a seaside town and reading about Japan’s economy. Problems posed by an aging and declining population… The Japanese term for population aging is 高齢化社会. Over 40% of unmarried Japanese men in their 20s have never been on a date. People do not touch each other in public, and from what I can tell they do not start conversations with strangers. Studies suggest that Japanese citizens perceive their country as modern and enjoyable, and “have no sense of a widespread fertility crisis.” The architecture is very beautiful and…

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