A Little Information of Today:
The ratio between the area of flat lands per capita in Japan and that in the U.S.:
1:35 (one to thirty-five)
The ratio between the national land size of Japan and that of the U.S.:
1:25.5
The ratio between the cultivated acreage per capita of Japan and that of the U.S.:
1:12
The ratio between the urban area per capita in Japan and that in the U.S.:
1:9
The ratio between the roads area per capita in Japan and that in the U.S.:
1:5.5
The ratio between the population of Japan and that of the U.S.:
1:2.5
The ratio between GDP of Japan and GDP of the U.S.:
1:2.5
(Despite the huge difference in the land area as well as natural resources, the ratio of GDP between the two countries is remarkably proportional to the ratio of population. However, it is apparent that one American can enjoy ten times larger space than that allowed for one Japanese with the same income.
In other words, America can accept much more refugees from the world, probably 100 million or more, even taking other factors into consideration.)
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A Little Thought of Today:
There are many arguments on why manga (Japanese cartoons) get popular in Asia, Europe, and America.
There are two types of manga: one for children and another for young men.
Osamu Tezuka, the deceased king of manga in Japan, once wrote manga on stories of The Bible and the life of Buddha.
Yes, there are decent manga works and also immoral works.
In America, Christians once strongly denounced violent and obscene cartoons having been rampant after WWII, which led to decline in cartoon culture among grown-ups in American society, according to a certain theory.
Average young Japanese workers or collage students in Tokyo and other cities in Japan live in a scandalously small apartment. A TV set, a PC, a cellular phone, and manga seem to be four basic components of their lives.
Some manga works show various personal and professional lives in society like a TV drama. They can be a healing means and text books for social education in Japan, in a positive sense.
Without any educational background on art, you can be an artist in this sector, if you can devise attractive characters and a story and draw attractive lines with just a pen, mono-color ink, and paper.
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Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, is reportedly fond of manga. But, it seems to be very rare that a man middle-aged or older with property and in a public position read manga.
In addition, a decent manga title, such as "San-Choume-no-Yuhi" (sunset in the third district) is sometimes made into a film (http://www.always3.jp/05/).
(In case, I do yet think that if you have money to buy a manga magazine, you had better donate it to any non-nonsense charity, say, aid for refugees.)
"...If they pick up snakes or drink any poison, they will not be harmed..."
The ratio between the area of flat lands per capita in Japan and that in the U.S.:
1:35 (one to thirty-five)
The ratio between the national land size of Japan and that of the U.S.:
1:25.5
The ratio between the cultivated acreage per capita of Japan and that of the U.S.:
1:12
The ratio between the urban area per capita in Japan and that in the U.S.:
1:9
The ratio between the roads area per capita in Japan and that in the U.S.:
1:5.5
The ratio between the population of Japan and that of the U.S.:
1:2.5
The ratio between GDP of Japan and GDP of the U.S.:
1:2.5
(Despite the huge difference in the land area as well as natural resources, the ratio of GDP between the two countries is remarkably proportional to the ratio of population. However, it is apparent that one American can enjoy ten times larger space than that allowed for one Japanese with the same income.
In other words, America can accept much more refugees from the world, probably 100 million or more, even taking other factors into consideration.)
* * *
A Little Thought of Today:
There are many arguments on why manga (Japanese cartoons) get popular in Asia, Europe, and America.
There are two types of manga: one for children and another for young men.
Osamu Tezuka, the deceased king of manga in Japan, once wrote manga on stories of The Bible and the life of Buddha.
Yes, there are decent manga works and also immoral works.
In America, Christians once strongly denounced violent and obscene cartoons having been rampant after WWII, which led to decline in cartoon culture among grown-ups in American society, according to a certain theory.
Average young Japanese workers or collage students in Tokyo and other cities in Japan live in a scandalously small apartment. A TV set, a PC, a cellular phone, and manga seem to be four basic components of their lives.
Some manga works show various personal and professional lives in society like a TV drama. They can be a healing means and text books for social education in Japan, in a positive sense.
Without any educational background on art, you can be an artist in this sector, if you can devise attractive characters and a story and draw attractive lines with just a pen, mono-color ink, and paper.
* * *
Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, is reportedly fond of manga. But, it seems to be very rare that a man middle-aged or older with property and in a public position read manga.
In addition, a decent manga title, such as "San-Choume-no-Yuhi" (sunset in the third district) is sometimes made into a film (http://www.always3.jp/05/).
(In case, I do yet think that if you have money to buy a manga magazine, you had better donate it to any non-nonsense charity, say, aid for refugees.)
"...If they pick up snakes or drink any poison, they will not be harmed..."