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Japanese cultu(rul)e (lemmy.world)
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[–] 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Watch some Japanese programming, read any magazine there, and you'll probably notice a huge amount of articles praising people living long, active, healthy lives. Is suicide an issue? Absolutely. But it's ridiculous to say they don't value life, especially when compared to some countries which seem to have a problem with gun violence

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They also claim, like, so many of the "oldest people in the world".

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Which none of those live in Tokyo I guess.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    While yes, most of the world’s oldest people generally don’t live in cities, what’s your beef with Tokyo specifically? You make it sound like a death city.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    It's just that over 90% (i think) 30% of Japans population lives there. So the claim that they have the oldest people in the world makes it funny when most of their population lives in a city that is probably not that healthy to live in.

    I mean Tokyo is probably the best Mega city on the planet so it ain't that bad for sure.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ok but Google says that 10% of Japanese live in Tokyo, which is still massive but 90% is a ridiculous stretch

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe he's referring to the greater Tokyo Metropolitan area? Sounds more plausible at least since it's absolutely massive. Def not for just Tokyo city.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area has a population of 37 million while the country has a population of 125.7 million. While an impressively large percentage, it’s still less than a third (29.4%) of the population of Japan proper.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Fair enough and also insane. Shout out to their public transit there. I stayed there for a couple weeks and it was amazing how easy it was for me to do whatever I wanted without worrying about how to get to places.

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