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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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[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 10 points 8 hours ago

I don't mind finding work in Japan... ...if it wasn't so hostile to workers

So far, Japan is near the bottom of my list for western countries to work at, and I would much rather find a job in Korea instead

[-] Xatolos@reddthat.com 20 points 8 hours ago

Japan is near the bottom of my list for western countries

Japan is an Eastern country. In fact, it's the farthest East county possible.

I think the words you were looking for were "first world countries".

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

Depends on your meridian.

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Developed*

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 10 points 8 hours ago

its so east that it loops back around to being west

[-] apostrofail@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

It’s*

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online -1 points 7 hours ago

Po-tay-to po-tah-to doesn't really matter to distinguish between them when what I meant was clear, although I probably would've said first world if I was nitpicking my post before sending

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