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    Society Japanese north–south gradient in IQ predicts differences in stature, skin color, income, and homicide rate

    I found this 11-year-old Japanese study on the correlation between IQ, body height and lower homicide rate within Japan. Japanese north–south gradient in IQ predicts differences in stature, skin color, income, and homicide rate Highlights In Japan, there is IQ gradient from north to south...
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    Nature No winter snow on Spain's Teide for first time in history

    Mount Teide in Tenerife (Spain) is very similar to Mount Fuji in many respects. Both are volcanoes and are almost exactly the same height (3,715 m vs 3,776 m). Both of them are the tallest mountain in their respective countries and are listed as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Like Mount Fuji...
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    Politics Series of LDP scandals result in approval rates of below 20%

    Approval rate under 20% and yet the LDP still holds on to power. That says a lot about the state of democracy in Japan. I'm not going to say that it's as bad as Putin's sham election, mostly because there is no strong man in Japanese politics. But as a representation of the kind of government...
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    Most realistic samurai game ever

    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is a strategy action role-playing video game released at the end of 2022 on PC, Xbox and PlayStation. The game itself is set in the Medieval Europe, but the new mod is going to be released soon and will allow players to immerse themselves in the world of samurai. The...
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    Science Why is Japan hollowing out a mountain?

    I think it just means that ultra pure water has a higher potential to dissolve minerals, albeit at a very slow rate, as it isn't saturated with electrolytes yet. It's just that pure water will absorb (or "dissolve") metal electrolytes like magnesium, sodium or potassium more quickly than water...
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    Science Why is Japan hollowing out a mountain?

    I'm not going to spoil it for you. Just watch the video. It's really quite interesting.
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    Japan's East-West cultural divide follows tectonic divide

    I never said that the tectonic plates were the cause of the east-west cultural divide. It just happens to coincide with it. The local availability may play a role for fresh products like seafood (shellfish, crabs, shrimps), which is why I did not list them. But I don't see how climate or the...
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    Japan's East-West cultural divide follows tectonic divide

    There is also an East-West difference for vegetables, although a bit less clear cut. Western Japanese are more likely to eat Chinese cabbage, while Easterners consume more radishes (daikon), bean sprouts (moyashi), wakame and leafy vegetables. Chinese cabbage Radishes Bean sprouts...
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    Japan's East-West cultural divide follows tectonic divide

    Here are some other examples of the East-West cultural gap within Japan. Consumption of beef and chicken is much higher in Western Japan, while pork, salmon and pickled fish are far more popular in Eastern Japan. Beef consumption Chicken consumption Pork consumption Salmon...
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