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Re: The United States of Japan

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Post by Grazester » Sun, May 06, 2018, 4:03 PM UTC

favadi wrote: post #139

astura wrote: post #101

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Disney doesn't "make" video games, they license their characters. The Aladdin game on the SNES was made by Capcom. Another great SNES game is The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse, which was also made by Capcom. No shocker there; Capcom makes great video games. The Sega Genesis version of Aladdin was actually made by Virgin Games.

Hmm, for some reasons I remember the SNES version and the Sega Genesis are identical.

Nah they weren't the Genesis version is generally accepted as the better version.

Re: The United States of Japan

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Post by astura » Sun, May 06, 2018, 8:45 PM UTC

Grazester wrote: post #141

favadi wrote: post #139

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Hmm, for some reasons I remember the SNES version and the Sega Genesis are identical.

Nah they weren't the Genesis version is generally accepted as the better version.

Yep, exactly. Even the designer of the SNES version (Shinji Mikami - who became most famous for his work on Resident Evil) preferred the Genesis version because Aladdin used a sword in the Genesis version and not in the Super Nintendo version.

Apparently from what I understand Sega secured the license for Aladdin and enlisted Virgin Games to do the development. At the same time I guess Capcom owned the general rights to publish Super Nintendo games with Disney characters, so they developed the own Aladdin game.

Re: The United States of Japan

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Post by profalseidol » Mon, May 07, 2018, 12:12 AM UTC

Hey, is this related to Code Geass?

Re: The United States of Japan

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Post by Arkaad » Mon, May 07, 2018, 2:14 AM UTC

>A suicide rate that is one of the highest among industrialized nations.

Please stop saying that. Japan's suicide rate is on the decline and not that high.

Re: The United States of Japan

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Post by dismantlethesun » Mon, May 07, 2018, 3:40 AM UTC

tossaway1 wrote: post #87

true_religion wrote: post #62

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NEET is not synonymous with unemployed. It includes people who aren't in education or training as well. So comparing with the unemployed group in America, isn't a proper parallel. You would need to compare to people who are both unemployed and also not in school. Hence the unemployment number of 16-19 year old versus NEETS, would be very skewed as most of those people on those age in the US are legally required to be…

Unemployment numbers in the US don't include students.

The US unemployment rate includes students, so long as they were seeking work at for at least one season of the year.

If you look at it on a month-to-month basis, it is seasonally adjusted, as students typically seek work during the summer [1].

If you look at it, the unemployment rate for 16 year old's is incredibly high---at ~16% [2]. These people like OP said, are nearly universally in schooling and would not be counted as NEETs.

I can't say though how the NEET score is calculated in Japan. If it is so strict as to only include people who have never held a job, education, or training of any kind during the year then it can't be compared to any unemployment statistic as those would typically drop someone if they worked once or gave up.

Either ways, comparing it is bad---which is what the grand-poster is getting at, so I think we all agree.

[1] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/youth.nr0.htm

[2] https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea10.htm

Re: The United States of Japan

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Post by MattyRad » Mon, May 07, 2018, 5:05 AM UTC

An interesting opinion. If true, the future holds interesting problems, and I liked that it noted that there are worse things for a society than calmly growing old together.

And as an aside, I find myself very willing to click on any HN submissions linking to the New Yorker. It's website is usually clean, minimal, and seems genuinely intent on conveying an intelligent message to the reader, which is a breathe of fresh air as clickbait and sensationalism seems to only be growing.

Re: The United States of Japan

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Post by vkou » Mon, May 07, 2018, 9:55 PM UTC

mistermann wrote: post #132

vkou wrote: post #105

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There can be a number of potential, highly involuntary reasons for why that may be the case. 1. Your workplace will marginalize you for having children if you're a woman. 2. The cost of childcare may be so high, compared to your wages, that it makes more sense for one parent to quit their job, and raise the children. See, also: 1 for why there are few stay-at-home dads. 3. Social expectations from your family.

As there can be with anything else. The question is, what is the reality?

I don't have practical experience with Japan, but as I understand, for many years, #1 has been the main issue. In the West, in recent decades, #2 has eclipsed it.

Re: The United States of Japan

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Post by mistermann » Tue, May 08, 2018, 1:22 AM UTC

vkou wrote: post #147

mistermann wrote: post #132

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As there can be with anything else. The question is, what is the reality?

I don't have practical experience with Japan, but as I understand, for many years, #1 has been the main issue. In the West, in recent decades, #2 has eclipsed it.

#1 is certainly a big factor, no disagreement. However, I've seen very little if anything that would imply Japanese women have a problem with this. If they do prefer being a homemaker (as I would based on the insane Japanese work culture), there's not really any conflict.

Re: The United States of Japan

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Post by vkou » Tue, May 08, 2018, 5:35 PM UTC

mistermann wrote: post #148

vkou wrote: post #147

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I don't have practical experience with Japan, but as I understand, for many years, #1 has been the main issue. In the West, in recent decades, #2 has eclipsed it.

#1 is certainly a big factor, no disagreement. However, I've seen very little if anything that would imply Japanese women have a problem with this. If they do prefer being a homemaker (as I would based on the insane Japanese work culture), there's not really any conflict.

Many women didn't have a problem with not being able to vote in the 19th century, but that doesn't mean that there wasn't a problem or any real conflict.

People temper their expectations to what they can get out of life. It's easier then a lifetime of disappointment.

Re: The United States of Japan

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Post by qbert » Wed, May 09, 2018, 6:12 AM UTC

mistermann wrote: post #148

vkou wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't have practical experience with Japan, but as I understand, for many years, #1 has been the main issue. In the West, in recent decades, #2 has eclipsed it.

#1 is certainly a big factor, no disagreement. However, I've seen very little if anything that would imply Japanese women have a problem with this. If they do prefer being a homemaker (as I would based on the insane Japanese work culture), there's not really any conflict.

Even if it's true that the majority prefer being homemakers, Japanese women are individuals, not an amorphous homogeneous mass. Those who do want to have careers and work outside the home shouldn't be discriminated against or forced to resign as soon as they get married or have kids.

One Japanese woman I met's solution to this discrimination was to start her own company (an architecture firm). Others I knew did freelance work such as photography.