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Lol…
“For example, despite vegetables and sweet potatoes being promoted as key components of the Okinawan ‘Blue Zone’ diets, according to the Japanese government, Okinawans eat the least vegetables and sweet potatoes in Japan and have the highest body mass index.”
Yeah, we haven't been the island of longevity for a long time. Male suicide rates are so high it affects our average lifespan. I really hate when outsiders think of island is some kind of tropical paradise even though we suffer constantly.
Extending my sympathies.
At least people are interested to learn about where you are from (although maybe the wrong lessons) - and hope the community continues to support both a good quality of life and longevity. Both are are critically important
Whenever I hear how careers and jobs are done in Japan I feel like I'm listening to a corporate horror story. I get told "oh, but that's just how things are done over there. They value different things than us", but people in Japan are still human and the suicide rates tell a different story.
Yeah working here seems horrible. I've been working for myself ever since I moved back 15 or so years ago (born Okinawan, raised in Canada), so I don't really have first-hand experience. But looking at my local friends and workers around town, I feel like they work way too hard for what they get.