The world is gripped by the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the arrest of prime suspect Luigi Mangione. People are trying to figure out his exact motives, with figures on both sides of the political spectrum hoping to claim him as a champion against corporate greed. The 26-year-old is highly intelligent and well educated, it seems, and even made a trip to Japan back in May. In social media postings, he made comments about the East Asian country, including his suggestions for how to fix the low birth rate. Don't worry, it doesn't involve shooting any more CEOs. How can we ...

How to deal with depopulation in rural areas? This question has been haunting Japanese regional governments for decades now. Above all, not only do they need to encourage the people who move away to major urban centers for work to return, they really need to target younger people with families. Because above all, these areas need young people. The central government's policy when it comes to urgent matters is typically to launch a PR campaign -- in terms of the climate crisis, it's mostly about promoting the UN SDGs -- or throw money at it. For the issue of depopulation, they have resorted ...