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Last Week in Japanese News 05/07/2023-05/13/2023 [1]
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Date: 2023-05-16
Hello, this is RWPOINTWOMAN and this is Last Week in Japanese News. Here is where I translate Japanese articles about Japan from the Easy section of the Easy Japanese news reader app into English.
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May 7, 2023:
Elderly workers 1.5 more common than 10 years ago due to greater healthy life expectancy, financial hardship. (Goo)
A labor force survey by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and released on May 6 has shown that there were 9.12 million elderly workers in 2022 versus 5.96 million in 2012, about 1.5 times as many. This is against a backdrop of the increase in average life expectancy in tandem with healthy life expectancy in which one can live independently without a caregiver. On the other hand, there are also those who cannot help working due to their pensions not being enough to live on. According to the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, between 2010 and 2019, healthy life expectancy climbed from 70.42 to 72.68 years for men and from 73.62 to 75.38 years for women. It has been determined that compared to earlier eras, stamina and physical ability are increased. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' population estimate, in 2012, there were 30,793,000 people aged 65 and older and 36,236,000 in 2022, about 1.2 times higher than in 2012. The Japanese Institute for Labor Policy and Training, an Independent Administrative Institution, released an investigative report to the public in 2020 and the most common reason given by 60-69-year-old workers for working was, "economic reasons" at 76.4%. No. 2 was "to have a purpose in life, to participate in society."
May 8, 2023:
Prime Minister Kishida visits South Korea, has discussion with President Yoon. (NHK)
Prime Minister Kishida visited South Korea on May 7, meet with President Yoon Suk-Yeol and had a discussion with him. Japan and South Korea have already begun what is called "shuttle diplomacy" in which the leaders of both countries go back and forth. This represents a resumption of a policy that ended in 2011. The 2 said that it appeared that shuttle diplomacy had improved relations between their 2 countries. And then they affirmed cooperation between Japan, South Korea, and the United States on North Korean issues like its nuclear weapons and missiles. There are people who were forced to work for Japanese corporations during wartime. The South Korean government had decided how to resolve this. Prime Minister Kishida said, "It breaks my heart that so many people felt pain and sorrow during the war," to reporters. President Yoon is coming to the G7 Summit in Hiroshima next week. Prime Minister Kishida wants to speak with President Yoon again.
May 9, 2023:
Young people are not learning ningyou joururi bunraku, an aspect of Japanese culture. (NHK)
Ningyou joururi bunraku is a type of drama in which a play is performed with puppets accompanied by shamisen music. It began during the Edo period in Osaka. It was designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Most of the performers train at the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka for 2 years and learn things like how to manipulate the puppets and the shamisen. Those eligible to learn are men and boys 23 and under and training starts in April every year. However, this year, not even 1 person is training. This is the 1st since training began 50 years ago that this has happened. Training applications can be submitted through February, but this year, they are still accepting applications. A person with the National Bunraku Theater said, "Regrettably, not one person has showed up. We want young people to be more knowledgeable about ningyou joururi bunraku."
May 10, 2023:
Children protected from continued earthquakes at Ishikawa Prefecture preschools. (NHK)
On May 5, there was a large earthquake in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture and its surroundings. The earthquakes have continued since then. Preschool teachers at a preschool in Suzu check whether everything is ready for the children to safely evacuate during a hurricane. The head of the preschool has instructed the teachers to 1st that neither they nor the children are injured and then bring them to a wide room. And then to find out where places like the nearest evacuations centers and the roads to them are. Maps of places like the evacuation centers and routes to them are to pasted onto the walls of every room in the preschool so they can always be seen. The head of the preschool stated, "Or preschool teachers are properly preparing to calm down and protect the children."
That's all for now.
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