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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese mayor has apologized after a public outcry over a flyer issued to pregnant women advising them on what most irritated husbands after their wives became mothers, an official said Thursday. The flyer included a section titled “Advice from fathers to you”, which included answers to a survey of new fathers conducted five years ago in the city of Onomichi in western Hiroshima prefecture. Officials have been sharing the responses […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Nearly 1.5 million working-age people in Japan are social recluses, according to a new government survey, with a fifth citing the Covid-19 pandemic as the main reason for their withdrawal. The poll is Japan’s first official comprehensive probe into the prevalence of “hikikomori”, or “shut-ins” — a phenomenon affecting a broad swathe of society, from teens to the elderly. Reasons for retreating from the country’s notoriously conformist and work-focused society range […]
by Joel Olatunde Agoi with Aminu Abubakar in Kano LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant hunger “roaming the streets for food” in his village in northern Nigeria, unsure when his next meal would arrive. Like many living in areas where opportunities are scarce, he knew he had to move. When he turned 12 he traveled south to Nigeria’s commercial megacity, Lagos. “I came to Lagos to look for money,” Abdullahi, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — In a country notorious for overwork, Microsoft Japan trialed a radical idea: working less. And it found that four-day weeks and other reforms both boosted sales and cut costs. The Japanese unit of the US IT giant closed its offices every Friday in August, giving all 2,300 full-time workers special leave. It also restricted meetings to a maximum of 30 minutes and encouraged online chats as an alternative to face-to-face communications. […]
by Anuj Chopra Agence France Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time in decades Sunday as the kingdom overturned the world’s only ban on female motorists, a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of social mobility. The much-trumpeted move is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plan to modernise the conservative petrostate — but it has been dented by the jailing […]
(Eagle News) — Maganda ang magiging epekto lalo na sa mga kabataan ang panukalang surprise inspection sa mga paaralan. Sa panayam kay Philippine National Police Director General Oscar Albayalde, sa murang edad ng mga batang mag-aaral ay namumulat na sila sa kapahamakang dulot ng ipinagbabawal na gamot sa kanilang kalusugan at maging sa buong komunidad. “Yung education dito na sa murang edad, dapat maeducate ang mga kabababayan. Ito yung tinatawag natin na “pag-asa ng bayan.” […]
by Marianne Barriaux Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Asuncion Garcia sits on a bench in Barcelona anxiously reading a newspaper. She points to a graphic of the tumbling share price of CaixaBank, the biggest bank in Catalonia, a region which is threatening to split from Spain. “I have savings in CaixaBank, the little that I have saved up,” says the 68-year-old, originally from Leon in northwestern Spain but resident in Catalonia for over 50 years. She is […]
by Nova SAFO Agence France-Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — In a diverse Chicago neighborhood where dozens of languages are spoken, two police officers are visiting a McDonald’s restaurant. They have a jug of coffee in hand and are offering a friendly ear, willing to listen to anyone who wants to have a chat. Welcome to “Coffee with a Cop” day, an initiative held Wednesday in Chicago and across the United States for police to […]
Today’s teens are digital natives— a generation of children that has grown up with video games, computers, touch-screen tablets, mobile phones and virtual reality. Even if their brains have adapted to this ultra-high-tech environment, they might still find it harder to resist impulsive behavior and to engage in free and independent thinking because of these digital devices. https://youtu.be/hgYbQJm9dSM
(Eagle News) — Pinasinayaan ang tinatawag na Special Drug Education Center (SDEC) sa lungsod ng Quezon. Pinangunahan ito mga opisyal mula sa lokal na pamahalaan ng Quezon City at iba pang ahensya ng gobyerno na nangangasiwa sa paglaban ng iligal na droga. Ayon kay Quezon City vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, mahalaga na habang maaga ay maligtas ang mga out of school youth at street children sa masamang epekto ng paggamit ng iligal na droga at […]
Pakistan launches its first census in nearly two decades, with security high as thousands of enumerators backed by the military began the enormous, politically-charged count. https://youtu.be/iL8XgnF-1Lk
