Japan undergoing disturbing shift in its demographic composition
Japan the world's second largest economy is undergoing a disturbing shift in its demographic composition so that population loss will strip the country of 70 percent of its population. Reason being: an alarming decline in country's fertility rate with increasing number of women delaying marriages and postponing childbirth. Most of the working women in Japan face a stark choice: the career track, in which they will acquire financial independence while remaining single and childless, or the family track, which makes them full-time mothers until they are in their mid- to late 40s. Japan desperately needs women to marry and have children while also continuing to work. But corporate bias causes only about a third of women in Japan to remain in the workforce after having a child. Single women have been sought after by a corporate Japan starved for young workers, they have gained more power and freedom in the workplace. This has mounted an enormous social and mental pressure on women in Japan where marriage remains universal and being an independent single woman still carries stigma.
Drug gangs using young women to smuggle drugs into United Kingdom
Drug gangs in UK are using now a different way to smuggle cocaine. Now they are hiring young women called "drug mules" to bring in the drugs from Africa.
In recent months, there are lots of incidents where British girls in their teens are caught with drugs at the airports in UK or African countries. It has been generally seen that young women had been groomed as smugglers and are lured with holidays, expensive meals, clothes and jewelry by London travel agents to bring drugs in return of the favor.
As the drugs gangs arrange them with everything and as the girls are asked to return with a package without telling them about the substance it has, authorities are finding it difficult to prove a conspiracy and arrest the culprits. However, it has led many of the innocent girls behind the bars.
Some of the girls who had been lured and later forced to carry the drugs are merely the tip of the iceberg and problem perhaps is bigger than we could anticipate.
City council of manila proposes a name change for Philippines
City Council of Manila has proposed a name change for Philippines that would conjure dreamy images of palm trees, cool breezes and sandy beaches "The Philippine Island" is the new anticipated name for the country. While the country's name change would be at or near the bottom of the nation's immediate priorities, it should not be ignored because no other country in the world is named after a mass murderer. Philippines is named after the Spanish King Felipe II who was the most powerful monarch in the world and it was said that the sun did not set on his empire. He was however deeply infamous for his intolerant attitude towards people of other religions and beliefs. Changing the name would also end all the confusion about the spelling of the country or the people. Besides the country would draw more tourists if a more exotic name could replace the Staid "Republic of the Philippines." Also if Ceylon could be changed to Sri Lanka, Leningrad to St. Petersburg, Peking to Beijing, why can't the Philippines change its name? It's time for the country to get rid of this last colonial vestige.
Kenya's poor are using sun heat and sewage to fight soaring food and fuel prices
Even when there are soaring food and fuel prices in Kenya, people have come up with new ways to fight against these problems and they are doing so by harnessing the power of sewage and sunshine is a god sent idea to Kenyans. The foul smell rising from a sewage ditch may have worsened by heating sun, but for some enterprising residents, it's the smell of progress. Kenyans living in some of the informal settlements of the country have made latrines to recycle human waste into gas to use it for cooking and light. Some of the people are assisted by the foreign organizations to use sunlight to purify drinking water that has drastically slashed the cases of waterborne disease. These schemes are proving to be a boon to many poor Kenyan who survive on less than a dollar for the day.
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