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[-] pthaloblue@sh.itjust.works 46 points 10 months ago

Watch some Japanese programming, read any magazine there, and you'll probably notice a huge amount of articles praising people living long, active, healthy lives. Is suicide an issue? Absolutely. But it's ridiculous to say they don't value life, especially when compared to some countries which seem to have a problem with gun violence

[-] Silentiea@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

They also claim, like, so many of the "oldest people in the world".

[-] Johanno@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

Which none of those live in Tokyo I guess.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago

While yes, most of the world’s oldest people generally don’t live in cities, what’s your beef with Tokyo specifically? You make it sound like a death city.

[-] Johanno@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's just that over ~~90% (i think)~~ 30% of Japans population lives there. So the claim that they have the oldest people in the world makes it funny when most of their population lives in a city that is probably not that healthy to live in.

I mean Tokyo is probably the best Mega city on the planet so it ain't that bad for sure.

[-] Soulg@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Ok but Google says that 10% of Japanese live in Tokyo, which is still massive but 90% is a ridiculous stretch

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

Maybe he's referring to the greater Tokyo Metropolitan area? Sounds more plausible at least since it's absolutely massive. Def not for just Tokyo city.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

The Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area has a population of 37 million while the country has a population of 125.7 million. While an impressively large percentage, it’s still less than a third (29.4%) of the population of Japan proper.

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Fair enough and also insane. Shout out to their public transit there. I stayed there for a couple weeks and it was amazing how easy it was for me to do whatever I wanted without worrying about how to get to places.

[-] Johanno@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Ok I was too lazy to look it up but just remembered that Tokyo had a big part of the population.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Oh yeah, what about your gun problem huh?

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