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3,500 remnants of Tokugawa Shogunate escaped to Hokkaido and were besieged in a new fortress to resist the new Meiji government for a year because they were afraid of losing job as Samurai. My ancestor also lost job and challenged a candy shop but failed. He found another job as a civil servant.

Goryokaku fortress Hakodate, Hokkaido

五稜郭 桜 いつ 2024 – Anime Maps

五稜郭公園（函館市）には約1,600本の桜が咲き誇ります。ソメイヨシノを中心に、淡いピンク色の桜が城郭を彩りま
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GrauGeist said:
The sudden transition from traditional to modern was difficult for Japan.
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Yes, it was and still is.
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The government and media force people to promote the gender equality saying "Japan is still behind the western countries" but, as far as I have observed this society for decades, many women do not necessarily want to work outside after marriage because they can control their hasbands without working like a queen. They are not unfortunate at least but the government and media ignore this comfortable reality for women IMO.
 
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We have a similar dichotomy in views here. My impression (just based on my own circle of friends and aquaintances) is that around half want to work a regular job, about half do not after starting a family, and about half want the option of doing both. I think a large part of the positive effect for the ones who want a life outside of the home is the idea that they can if they choose to, so they do not feel trapped.
 
Reconstruction of Todaiji 7-story pagoda in Nara takes a step forward.

On April 25, the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties announced that the final restoration plan for the Tohtoh (east pagoda) of Todaiji Temple in Nara City had been concluded with the height of approximately 68 meters. The pagoda was built around 764 and destroyed by fire in 1181.
The institute stated that the debate over which was the correct height, 23-jo (approximately 68 meters) or 33-jo (approximately 97 meters) since the 19th century had been now settled.

東大寺東塔、創建時の高さは68メートル？　七重塔復元案 - 日本経済新聞

奈良時代の764年ごろに完成し、平安末期に焼失した東大寺（奈良市）の創建時の東塔について、奈良文化財研究所（奈文研）は25日、高さ約68メートルの七重塔だったとする復元案を作成、発表した。明治時代から続いた高さ約23丈（約68メートル）説と約33丈（約97メートル）説の約1世紀を超える論争に奈文研は「決着を見た」とした。68メートルでも奈良時代の木造塔としては、現存する奈良市の薬師寺東塔（約
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Pagoda location

Source: https://www.todaiji.or.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/totoinato.pdf
 

It is probably relevant to remember that the countries that had the highest gender "equality" in the early 20th century were all countries that no one really wanted to live in because they were communist "workers paradises" like Russia where women did all the same jobs as men, except jobs with political power.

My personal feeling is that gender equality is a crock because it ignores the fact that some unknown percentage of women (and men) do not want to work for a living but would rather stay home and manage the household. Instead they are forced by peer pressure to get a job that they probably hate.

That, to me, is not equality but just a different form of enslavement.
 
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Splendid insight, MiTasol.
Yes, man or woman, talent seems to be same for an occupation.

Tokyo Governor Koike Accused of Lying About University Degree

Tokyo Governor Koike Accused of Lying About University Degree

A former aide to Yuriko Koike claimed that Tokyo's first female governor drafted a fake graduation document from Cairo University.
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