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A report claiming that children’s internet use has hit ’10+ hours a day’ and is ‘ruining their lives’ sparked a heated debate on 5ch’s News Express+ board over whether such long usage is actually a problem. According to a 2025 survey cited in the article, elementary schoolers now spend an average of about 4 hours online, while high schoolers exceed 6.5 hours — and while other countries are moving to impose age limits on social media, Japan remains largely hesitant to do the same. The thread saw a clash between defenders arguing that ‘kids in the Showa era also spent hours glued to TV and games’ and critics warning that ’10+ hours is abnormal for a kid who still has to go to school,’ with plenty of posts also veering into the loneliness and internet dependence of elderly users.

‘My body won’t listen to me’ — Children’s internet addiction reaches crisis levels… 10+ hours a day is ‘ruining lives.’ As other countries push SNS age limits, will reluctant Japan finally change? | NEWSjp – Kyodo News

Published　2026/09/17 10:40:00

Updated　2026/09/08 19:02:15

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*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (News Express+) thread ‘Children’s internet addiction reaches crisis levels… 10+ hours a day is ‘ruining lives.’ As other countries push SNS age limits, will reluctant Japan finally change?‘.

A research group from the University of Tokyo’s International Institute for Advanced Studies (Center for New-Generation Infectious Diseases) and Chiba University, among others, published survey results in the international scientific journal “npj Vaccines,” asking 24,577 people whether they would get vaccinated if a vaccine reducing death risk from the next pandemic by 50% or more were approved by the Japanese government and the WHO. 53.1% answered they would “definitely or probably get vaccinated,” with people in their 20s-40s, women, and those with lower income or education showing a tendency toward lower vaccination intent. On 5ch, opinions split over the validity of this analysis and the assessment of COVID vaccine effectiveness, with notable pushback against the framing that links education level to conspiracy theories.

The paper “Vaccine acceptance in a future pandemic after COVID-19 and its decision drivers in Japan,” published in the international scientific journal “npj Vaccines” by a research group from the University of Tokyo’s International Institute for Advanced Studies (Center for New-Generation Infectious Diseases) and Chiba University, is a study investigating vaccination intent for a future pandemic and the factors that shape it.

The research team analyzed data from the health disparities assessment study “JACSIS.” An online survey was conducted from December 2024 to January 2025, targeting 28,000 people aged 15 to 84 (24,577 were included in the final analysis).

Respondents were asked whether they would get vaccinated under the scenario that “the next pandemic occurs, a vaccine reducing death risk from the disease by 50% or more is developed, and it is approved by the Japanese government, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other authorities.”

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

150AnonymousSep 17, 2026 14:01

Time to check the answer:



Uptake of the "poison vaccine" kept declining.

*This article is compiled as excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Breaking News+) thread “[Would You Get Vaccinated for the Next Pandemic?] Survey of Over 20,000 Japanese People — 53.1% Say ‘Definitely/Probably Will’.”

The South Pacific island nation of Fiji has declared a national state of emergency over a growing HIV outbreak. An estimated 1 in 60 adults is infected, putting Fiji sharply at odds with the global trend of declining new HIV infections. The scale of the crisis came to light after the country first declared an epidemic in January 2025 and expanded testing. The spread of methamphetamine has been cited as a contributing factor, and on the forum thread many commenters pointed to shared needles and blood during drug use as the likely cause, while others discussed sexual transmission and mother-to-child transmission — with some exchanges reaffirming that HIV still cannot be fully cured.

(CNN) — The small South Pacific nation of Fiji has declared a national state of emergency amid a spreading HIV outbreak, with the proliferation of methamphetamine cited as a contributing factor.

Fiji, with a population of under one million, is estimated to have HIV infection in 1 in every 60 adults. While the virus remains incurable but treatable, global infection rates have been falling — a trend Fiji is bucking.

Fiji first declared an HIV epidemic in January 2025, and expanded testing since then has revealed the scale of a deepening public health crisis.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Breaking News Plus) thread “[International] Fiji Declares National State of Emergency Over HIV Outbreak — 1 in 60 Adults Infected.”