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Uniformed cops being able to make combini runs is meant to be a win-win for police and the communities they serve.
Survey also finds a surprising gap in housewife-life appeal depending on whether or not women have kids.
Change would also revise “presumed legitimacy” child custody law for the first time since Japan created a modern legal system.
A whole lot of cultural values clash when neighborhood seniors don’t keep their hands to themselves around baby.
Number of children Japanese women want also drops to lowest ever in latest iteration of government study.
Calls on Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to go beyond even already successful plan.
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