I myself started to use a computer after I graduated and got a job, but the new hires got started on computers when they were still junior high school students. As for my children, they belong to the generation for whom a computer is available at home from the time of their birth.
In a year, 51,600,000 tons of waste is produced across Japan. And, this is just general waste from homes and eating places. When it comes to industrial waste, as much as 408,000,000 tons of waste, or nearly eight times as much as general waste, is produced.
In the case of Shourinji Kenpou, the number of female practitioners is increasing; in clubs at high schools and colleges, for example, almost half of the members are girls.
In Japan there are various newspapers, such as general papers, sports newspapers, or papers that specialize in certain industries, but as for magazines, they cover all fields.
Areas outside the Asia Pacific region have been drawing the attention of travellers as well. Last year Central America saw a 23 percent increase in travellers; in the Middle East, it was 17.5 percent. Spain saw 9 percent more travellers, and travel (literally: travellers) to Morocco, of all places, grew 22 percent.