Feminising! the world's dictators

"Feminise! World's Dictators"

Ikaros Publishing on November 29th released the book called "Feminise! World's Dictators", feminising dictators who took the reins of a government in the world in the Twentieth Century. Character designs are based on their episodes, personalities and policies.
It is 1,950 yen($23.65) and includes following people.

Nuisance emailing is not prohibited in 33 prefectures

Recent report of Yomiuri newspaper exposed that nuisance emailing by stalkers is not prohibited by anti-nuisance ordinance in 33 of 47 prefectures in Japan including Tokyo and Kanagawa.
Most of these prefectures' anti-nuisance ordinance prohibit harassments only by telephone calling and faxing.


３３都道県でメール禁じず…ストーカー対策　―YOMIURI ONLINE
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20121118-OYT1T00312.htm

Japan 101st on WEF "The Global Gender Gap Report"

The World Economic Forum(WEF) in "The Global Gender Gap Report 2012" revealed its evaluation for countries about equality of the sexes in politics, economics, health and education. Japan was 101st among 135 countries, 3 lower than the last year.
Female member of an assemblies and executives are rare in Japan. Female workforce is not effectively used in labour market though their education level is high, the report says.


男女平等ランク、日本１０１位に転落　上位４位は北欧　―朝日新聞デジタル
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/1024/TKY201210240613.html

Minister of Finance committed suicide at his apartment

Tadahiro Matsushima, Minister of Finance

Japanese Minister for Financial Services, Tadahiro Matsushita found hanged by the neck in his apartment in Koto-ku, Tokyo on September 10th.
Although taken to hospital, he died at 7:33 PM. Three notes were found addressed to the Prime Minister, his wife and members of the Cabinet.


-FACTS-
In 2011, 30,651 people killed themselves in Japan.


松下金融相が自殺　首相・妻らあてに３通の遺書　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG1004V_Q2A910C1MM8000/

Ministry of Defense establishes "Cyberspace Defense Force" in 2013

Japanese Ministry of Defense in its rough estimate of their budget of 2013 requests 21.2 billion yen($270.8M) for "Cyberspace Defense Force".
It will be specialized for fighting against the cyber attack to the Self-Defense Forces and the Ministry of Defense.
National Police Agency has earlier announced that it will establish teams at several prefectures' offices in 2013 to deal with cyber attack to government bodies and private businesses.


防衛省が「サイバー空間防衛隊」創設などに212億円を要求　―ITpro
http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20120907/421482/?top_tl1

The Upper House passed the legislation to double the sales tax

The National Diet

August 10th, the Japanese House of Councilors passed the legislation to double the sales tax rate from 5 percents to 10 percents.
Affirmative was 237 and opposing was 188 out of 237 votes in total.
The sales tax rate in Japan will be 8 percents from April 1st 2014 and 10 percents from October 1st 2015.


消費増税法が成立　14年４月に８％、15年10月10％　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFS1002H_Q2A810C1000000/?dg=1

Radio active caesium detected from 0.1% of children in Fukushima

Children take inspection(*image)

Inspection of internal radiation exposure implemented to 5,931 children aged between 4 to 12 in Fukushima from April to June this year revealed that radio active caesium is identified from 6 or 0.1 percent of children.
Among them, three children are from the same family with the highest rate of 615 Bq, caused by eating wild mushrooms.
Restraining vegetables grown outdoors, government's strict regulations for foods and the nation's low food self-supporting ratio have contributed the result, doctors analyses.
Caesium taken inside child's body reduces by half in 30 to 60 days because of metabolism function.


原発事故:福島の子供　セシウム検出０．１％に　―毎日jp
http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120803k0000m040147000c.html

The former PM Hatoyama joined Anti-nuclear demonstration

Yukio Hatoyama wearing a rain coat


The former prime minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday July 20th attended the anti-nuclear demonstration outside the Prime Minister's Official Residence.
He stated "I think the government should give up restarting reactors at this point."


鳩山氏、雨がっぱで反原発デモに…拡声機握る
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/news/20120720-OYT1T01102.htm