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Foreign ski instructors and guides operating illegally in Japan have sparked concerns that the practice could disrupt public order, create unfair competition and raise safety issues. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/01/japan/society/illegal-ski-instructors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #niigata #nagano #hokkaido #tourism #immigration #jobs #yuzawa #rurallife #expats #foreignworkers

Foreign ski instructors and guides operating illegally in Japan spark concerns

Officials and businesses in major winter destinations warn that such illicit operations could disrupt public order, create unfair competition and raise safety concerns.

The Japan Times

French Cinema & Subtitles 16h ago

📝 Plot: In a quiet French village, a mayor plans to replace a meadow and old tree with a modern media center, triggering debate among locals. A teacher, writers, and villagers discuss progress, culture, and ecology, exposing tensions between modernization and tradition in a reflective, dialogue-driven story about values, community, and the cost of change.

#Larbrelmaireetlamediatheque #Comedy #Drama #Politics #RuralLife #Ecology #Philosophy #Debate #Modernity

French Cinema & Subtitles 16h ago

🎬 L'arbre, le maire et la médiathèque [The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque] (1993)

Subtitles available:
🇬🇧 English
🇫🇷 French
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish

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🎞 IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106301/

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https://darkiworld2026.com/titles/54269/larbre,-le-maire-et-la-mediatheque

#Larbrelmaireetlamediatheque #Comedy #Drama #Politics #RuralLife #Philosophy #Debate #EricRohmer #FrenchCinema

Kameka 21h ago

You don't really know about the rural US if you haven't seen a FB post asking about police commotion in your town & the response is "police chasing someone who took off in the woods in nothing but his underwear. So if you see someone running in nothing but drawers, that's the absconder." True story. #rural #rurallife #ruralAmerica

French Cinema & Subtitles 1d ago

📝 Plot: Returning to his rural hometown, a man reconnects with a childhood friend now consumed by alcoholism and despair. As he tries to help him recover, tensions rise within the village, exposing hypocrisy, isolation, and moral conflict, offering a stark and intimate portrait of friendship tested by hardship and the weight of personal failure.

#LeBeauSerge #Drama #Friendship #FrenchCinema #RuralLife #Psychological #NewWave #Postwar #1950sMovies

French Cinema & Subtitles 1d ago

🎭 Cast: Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz, Bernadette Lafont, Claude Cerval, Jeanne Pérez, Edmond Beauchamp, André Dino, Michel Creuze, Philippe de Broca, Christine Dourdet, Géo Legros…

#LeBeauSerge #sousTitres #cinemaFrançais #FrenchCinema #Drama #NewWave #1950sMovies #Friendship #RuralLife