Friday 4 March 2016
Starbucks is coming to Italy.....
STARBUCKS is coming to Italy- the 'home' of coffee, see details here
On trial for cultural destruction...
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi at the international criminal court in The Hague. He is the first Jihadi to be tried for such crimes- he is accused of attacking 19 historic mausoleums in Mali. See details here
Art- helping keep Syrian culture alive.....
In the refugee camps recreating landmarks using art is helping to keep elements of the Syrian culture alive.....see the article, here
Should Paisley be the UKs 3rd city of culture?
Brazil's economy at 25 year low......
Is Japan Having Sex?
An update on Japan's population and the issues it faces.
Over the past five years (Japan conducts full census surveys once a decade, with a partial count after five years), Japan's population shrank by nearly 950,000 people (by 0.7 percent) to 127.1 million people. Nearly a third of all Japanese were over 65 years old in 2015. By 2050, almost 40 percent will be older than 65.
To make matters worse for the future of Japan's population, the country's fertility rate has been about 1.41 births per woman, putting it well below the “population replacement rate” of about 2.1 (the average number of children born per woman to replace the population for nearly forty years since the 1970s).
Japan is not the only country in the world experiencing this phenomenon. In Germany, fertility has remained below 1.5 children per woman since 1975, while the World Bank notes that the East Asia and Pacific region is aging faster than any other region. In other words, the nation's “graying” is a global challenge that's not unique to Japan.
The Abe government aims to “stabilize” Japan's population at 100 million by encouraging women (somehow) to have more children and improve Japan's population rate.
Over the past five years (Japan conducts full census surveys once a decade, with a partial count after five years), Japan's population shrank by nearly 950,000 people (by 0.7 percent) to 127.1 million people. Nearly a third of all Japanese were over 65 years old in 2015. By 2050, almost 40 percent will be older than 65.
To make matters worse for the future of Japan's population, the country's fertility rate has been about 1.41 births per woman, putting it well below the “population replacement rate” of about 2.1 (the average number of children born per woman to replace the population for nearly forty years since the 1970s).
Japan is not the only country in the world experiencing this phenomenon. In Germany, fertility has remained below 1.5 children per woman since 1975, while the World Bank notes that the East Asia and Pacific region is aging faster than any other region. In other words, the nation's “graying” is a global challenge that's not unique to Japan.
The Abe government aims to “stabilize” Japan's population at 100 million by encouraging women (somehow) to have more children and improve Japan's population rate.
No Country for Bhutan's Fatherless Children
https://globalvoices.org/2016/03/03/no-country-for-bhutans-fatherless-children/
According to Bhutanese law-
"A person, both of whose parents are citizens of Bhutan, shall be a natural born citizen of Bhutan" A step to far to preserve culture?
According to Bhutanese law-
"A person, both of whose parents are citizens of Bhutan, shall be a natural born citizen of Bhutan" A step to far to preserve culture?
Google- preserving languages in the digital age?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35602377/google-translate-introduces-13-new-languages-including-scots-gaelic-and-sindhi
How globalization helps maintain cultural diversity-google in new languages- helps to keep them alive
How globalization helps maintain cultural diversity-google in new languages- helps to keep them alive
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