If you’re looking for a place to live where you won’t be bothered by much secondhand smoke, Japan may be your place.
Less than a quarter of the Japanese population smokes these days, according to a new survey conducted by Japan Tobacco, Inc. This is the lowest recorded rate of smoking in the country, with both the male and female population smoking less.
The survey, conducted in May, indicated that 24.9% of people living in Japan overall consider themselves smokers. (more…)
How would it sound to have free, universal health care, with over a thousands health insurance plans available and the government regulating medical costs so they don’t rise too far above its own ability to pay? Japan has just that.
And while one of the major fears in the U.S. about such coverage is expense, the fact is that while the United States already spends 16% of its GDP on health care, Japan only spends 8% on it while maintaining both a longer life expectancy and lower infant mortality rate. (more…)
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