Comments on: Japan’s birth rate rises - barely http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:02:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Frederic http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/#comment-149430 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:03:36 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/#comment-149430 Malik, it's a news article. When you read the news elsewhere, do you get pissed off because it's news and not an opinion piece? Malik, it’s a news article. When you read the news elsewhere, do you get pissed off because it’s news and not an opinion piece?

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/#comment-148497 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:35:06 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/#comment-148497 The reason this article might look like things you've read elsewhere, Malik, is that you may well have read Mr. Masaki's articles elsewhere. He's been kind enough to allow us to run his articles, but this article was not a TPR original, it was syndicated. The reason this article might look like things you’ve read elsewhere, Malik, is that you may well have read Mr. Masaki’s articles elsewhere. He’s been kind enough to allow us to run his articles, but this article was not a TPR original, it was syndicated.

]]> by: Malik http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/#comment-145491 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:29:58 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/#comment-145491 I'm not really sure what the point of this article is. It's just a roundup of a bunch of news articles on Japan. I'd like to see some original analysis or opinions, or at least some effort being put into coming up with something... I’m not really sure what the point of this article is. It’s just a roundup of a bunch of news articles on Japan. I’d like to see some original analysis or opinions, or at least some effort being put into coming up with something…

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/#comment-144718 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:04:47 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/#comment-144718 You know, Yanagisawa's comment was badly-phrased, but way too much has been read into it. Right after he said it, he immediately acknowledged that the choice of words ws bad. Actual misogyny and/or incompetence are OK. Nakagawa is in the clear. Besides, he didn't unwisely use the word "machines," he said women should focus on women's work. I'd be willing to bet that you'd have a hard time explaining what was wrong with that to a number of members of the LDP's senior leadership. You know, Yanagisawa’s comment was badly-phrased, but way too much has been read into it. Right after he said it, he immediately acknowledged that the choice of words ws bad.

Actual misogyny and/or incompetence are OK. Nakagawa is in the clear. Besides, he didn’t unwisely use the word “machines,” he said women should focus on women’s work. I’d be willing to bet that you’d have a hard time explaining what was wrong with that to a number of members of the LDP’s senior leadership.

]]> by: ken http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/#comment-144376 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:50:54 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/06/08/japans-birth-rate-rises-barely/#comment-144376 Yanagisawa's comment keeps (rightly) getting attention, but I'm not sure why <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/06/01/cnjapan01.xml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nakagawa's corker has been so quiet</a>: <blockquote>"Women have their proper place: they should be womanly," said LDP policy chairman Syoichi Nakagawa, right-hand man to premier Shinzo Abe. "They have their own abilities and these should be fully exercised, for example in flower arranging, sewing, or cooking. It's not a matter of good or bad, but we need to accept reality that men and women are genetically different, " he said over breakfast in Tokyo.</blockquote> Yanagisawa’s comment keeps (rightly) getting attention, but I’m not sure why Nakagawa’s corker has been so quiet:

“Women have their proper place: they should be womanly,” said LDP policy chairman Syoichi Nakagawa, right-hand man to premier Shinzo Abe.

“They have their own abilities and these should be fully exercised, for example in flower arranging, sewing, or cooking. It’s not a matter of good or bad, but we need to accept reality that men and women are genetically different, ” he said over breakfast in Tokyo.

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