S1E28: Social trends that will take off in Japan in 2024
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One of them is the sauna boom. Find out why it is taking off in a country of hot springs.
\\nSynopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times chats with ST\\u2019s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe, about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.
\\nJapan is in transition - where younger Japanese are questioning the rules and strictures that traditionally govern their society.\\xa0
\\nOne manifestation of that is the increasing number of schools in both cities and rural parts that allow genderless uniforms, including for boys who want to wear skirts to schools.
Even the country\\u2019s exquisite cuisine is undergoing a revolution of sorts, with insects being introduced into the repertoire as Japan grapples with limited arable land.\\xa0
In this episode, ST\\u2019s foreign editor Li Xueying chats with Japan correspondent Walter Sim - who has been based in the country for eight years - about what other social changes and trends he sees will take place in 2024.
\\nHighlights (click/tap above):
2:05 What is behind the trend of genderless uniforms and what kind of reactions do schoolboys get when they wear skirts?
6:35 Japan is in a period of social change, but these are not yet translated into policy change
9:48 Subverting ideas about Japanese food: Cricket yakitori and ramen now on the menu
12:51 Three trends that will take off in 2024
\\nProduced by: Li Xueying (xueying@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Fa\\u2019izah Sani
\\nEdited by: Fa\\u2019izah Sani
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