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Japan Is So Desperate to Increase Its Birth Rate That Tokyo Is Trying Out a New Idea: Free Daycare (www.xatakaon.com)

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

I know it’s a very closed off nation with deep cultural roots that is very weary of outsiders…

Europe doesn't get to use that excuse, and neither should they. I don't care how different whale meat shashimi seems from foi gras, or bonsai from tulip arrangements.