(2) Japan's native population decline is getting worse, with a recent government report showing that it fell by over 900,000 in 2024.

(3) Japan's Sanseito party said that reporters from news media outlets will have to preregister if they want to ask questions at one of the party’s conferences.

#japannews #explorejapan #japanesepolitics #discoveryjapan #japantravels #日本好きな人と繋がりたい #おしえてさかまた #expatsinjapan #foreignerinjapan #rorshokjapan #英語学習 #ニュース #英語勉強 #learnenglishdaily #populationdecline #birthrate #agingpopulation #japanesenationals #deathrate #sanseito #神谷宗幣

As Death Rate Surges, Texas Asks Supreme Court to Let It Keep Denying Care to Pregnant Women

As maternal mortality spikes, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton charges ahead with an effort to prevent doctors from providing emergency care.

Rolling Stone

#trump #trump2024 #abortion #abortionban #texas #gregabbott #deathrate #sb8

The nearly total abortion ban in Texas 9 months before Roe was overturned has raised the death of Texas women while pregnant by 56 percent compared to just 11 nationwide , a new investigation of federal public health data finds.

“There’s only one explanation for this staggering difference in maternal mortality,” said Nancy L. Cohen, president of the GEPI. “All the research points to Texas’ abortion ban as the primary driver of this alarming increase.”

“Texas, I fear, is a harbinger of what’s to come in other states,” she said.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/texas-abortion-ban-deaths-pregnant-women-sb8-analysis-rcna171631

Pregnancy deaths rose by 56% in Texas after 2021 abortion ban, analysis finds

The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed after the state’s ban on abortion care, a new analysis finds.

NBC News

Summary of minimal Annual #DeathRate directly accountable to #ClimateChange due to human cause and #FossilFuel usage. Not including war, or society instability.

- 2023-2040: Additional 200,000 deaths/year
- 2041-2060: Additional 600,000 deaths/year
- 2061-2080: Additional 1,800,000 deaths/year
- 2081-2100: Additional 3,200,000 deaths/year
2100+ will rapidly increase to over 320 Million extra deaths a year leading to humanity extinction. along side making earth permanently uninhabitable to all life.

#Europeans are suffering with unprecedented heat during the day and are stressed by uncomfortable warmth at night. The #DeathRate from hot weather has risen 30% in #Europe in two decades, the joint #StateOfTheClimate report from the two organisations found. #BurningEarth #ExtremeHeat

Europe baked in ‘extreme heat stress’ pushing temperatures to record highs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/22/europe-baked-in-extreme-heat-stress-pushing-temperatures-to-record-highs

Europe baked in ‘extreme heat stress’ pushing temperatures to record highs

Europeans are dying from hot weather 30% more than they did two decades ago, report finds

The Guardian
Visualizing the Declining Birth Rate in Japan

Japan’s birth rate has been declining. Here, we illustrate the number of live births each year compared to the number of annual deaths.

Visual Capitalist
San Francisco's COVID death rate among lowest in nation

The San Francisco Bay Area fared better during the COVID-19 pandemic than many other populated areas thanks in part to early stay-at-home orders, mask mandates and high uptake of vaccines, experts suggest.

Los Angeles Times

#HumanRights Monitor Says 90% Killed by #Israel in #Gaza Were #Civilians

https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-civilians-killed

The #Israeli #military has admitted to a 66% #civilian #deathrate, which it has called "tremendously positive."

Human Rights Monitor Says 90% Killed by Israel in Gaza Were Civilians

The Israeli military has admitted to a 66% civilian death rate, which it has called "tremendously positive."

Common Dreams