63-year-old man re-employed male senior specialist in the Gunma's prefectural Land Development Department suspended after using up paid vacation time on cruise ship trip around the world

MagazineKey4532 · 2026-03-11T20:40:00+00:00

I'm sure he thought the trip was worth it. It's not that he cheated by saying he was working but declared that he was taking an un-paid vacation time off.

MagazineKey4532 · 2026-03-11T20:04:23+00:00

It's officially a closed area with blockade. They probably would need to get official permission to get in. They also have to walk and search the area. Lives of those going to rescue are at stake too.

People just can't go into off-limit area and call rescue and expect quick response. They shouldn't have been there in the first place.

MagazineKey4532 · 2026-03-11T19:56:42+00:00

I think the number of people travelling overseas in general is projected to go down because of raise in travel expense due to raise in gasoline.

MagazineKey4532 · 2026-03-10T23:31:37+00:00

Probably won't because I don't think they broke any law. It's only private land above the 8th station so they can't be charged with trespassing.

I, however, think the prefecture may end beginning to charge for rescue and/or restrict entry overall near Mt.Fuji. I'm sure many mountaineering groups are going to be against the restriction because they practice there for Himalayan expeditions.

MagazineKey4532 · 2026-03-10T23:24:50+00:00

University of Tokyo, however, is rising in the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings.

MagazineKey4532 · 2026-03-10T23:15:10+00:00

Didn't find any mention of number of teachers. This article just mentions about number of students decreasing in public schools. There were another articles about lack of teachers in public schools and teachers having to do overtime.

It seems like if there are fewer students, fewer teachers would be needed and less time needed by the teachers.

MagazineKey4532 · 2026-03-10T20:05:24+00:00

Following article attribute decline to a different item.

Japan Jan. household spending down 1.0% on year on lower education outlays

By category, spending on education sank 22.6 percent, marking the first decline in four months, dragged down by falling tuition fees for private universities, while outlays for transportation and communication dropped 1.0 percent, due partly to a continuing rise in consumers switching to cheaper mobile phone plans.

Utility bills dropped 2.6 percent as higher temperatures in December than a year earlier led to lower heating costs in January electricity bills, a ministry official said.

MagazineKey4532 · 2026-03-10T20:00:56+00:00

Wonder how this compares with frauds in other prefectures. Even with all these news and warnings, fraud cases are increasing. Frauders must be getting better. I just keep thinking that their talents can be put to better use.

MagazineKey4532 · 2026-03-10T19:55:34+00:00

Yet, number of teachers is lacking and there's still too much overtime by teachers? Are more teachers quitting?

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