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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

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Not bad, JR. Not bad. (rest of the train was full. I'm not complaining)

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Someone stole my bike. If anybody notices it for sale online, would you kindly let me know please? Details are: ASTUTO VASARA, 580mm, black frame. No Frame number Reg. No.: 多摩中央 E-03482 (Registered 20250120) 32 mm tires Disc brakes Stolen probably 2/20 in Tama

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Multilingual Miyagi! I don't even recognize some of these languages. Japanese English Vietnamese Chinese Tagalog? ??? No Korean, eh?

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Really psyched about this 😊

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RetireJapan TV tonight from 20:00 😀 The links between exercise, habits, and mental health, psychological tricks to help you with personal finance, Ben's new job (and YouTube idea), proposed increases to iDeCo, and higher medical bills in Japan Join live to ask questions and discuss!

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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

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Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity. It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated). 30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.

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I first met Shiori Ito in 2017 and have admired her ever since for her courage and journalism Mari Yamamoto and I had been writing about Japan’s sexual assault laws With a conviction rate shockingly low and only ~4% of rapes reported, reform was long overdue… open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...

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New video out now 😀 youtu.be/ewQebFUEVOM

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I need more questions/topics for our bite-sized podcast! Comment below and you may get added to the list. open.spotify.com/show/7DQEK6T...

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Don't remember ever running into this situation in Japan: hope it's not a new trend!

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So someone asked me to retell the story of the old lady that told me about killing her husband. Are we ready for a trip back in time to 1999? Some of you already know this story, but if you don't it is a wild ride. Apply all appropriate trigger warnings!

submitted 15 days ago • 84 comments

Slightly hysterical coverage of proposed medical expense increases on Asaichi this morning. They glossed over the cap on how many months you have to pay for, but the proposed increases are quite large and will affect some people. This is the current system: youtu.be/sUc-t0cTp6k?...

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Why would a Prius have four exhaust pipes? 🤔

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January saw a bit of a pullback for yen investors (data from myindex.jp)

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Did my dumbbell workout today. First time in a couple of months. I think this will be my baseline health habit.

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The Monday Read from RetireJapan: now on Substack 😀

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My granddaughter's English is getting better as she morphs into a teenager. Bumped into her this morning as I was heading to work and she was heading for the bathroom. 'Good morning' said I. 'I'm not awake yet' was the response 😂

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New video out now 😀

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Best motorway food in Japan 😊 Iwatesan SA southbound on the Tohoku Expressway. Everything is good, but the fries are out of this world (and 400 yen).

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This ski school has the right idea. (2x price for English lessons)

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One thing I learned going snowboarding today: stay away from people with go pro cameras or selfie sticks (especially selfie sticks). So far they have proved to be mostly idiots 😅

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Just watching the last Harry Potter film, and Voldemort is just like Elon Musk. It's almost prophetic 😂

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Since 2020, the Mainichi has run coverage criticizing low altitude US army Black Hawk helicopter flights over Tokyo. The tragedy in D.C. has prompted the paper to revisit the issue. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

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We have a short form podcast now 😎 Please send me your questions so that I don't have to think of topics!

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Thanks for all your suggestions and support! I have a much better idea of what I want to do now 😀 www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-ret...

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New video! Members can watch it now, everyone else can check it out on Friday 😁 RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🏘️

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New video! Members can watch it now, everyone else gets it at 5pm 😁 Mortgage rates in Japan

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The RetireJapan master plan, but it's not much of a plan. Help? www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-ret...

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If you went to college 1. what was career goal when you started? 2. initial major? 3. if changed majors, what did you change to? 4. what do you do now? 1. Spy 2. Oriental Studies (Chinese) 3. Social and Political Science (international politics) 4. Kind of retired (was English teacher for 23 yrs)

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Ugh.

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