Do these earthquakes happen in the same part of Japan?
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Not really. It changes locations. Here's a list of past earthquakes
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Earthquakes on the Japan Sea side of this magnitude are fairly rare, I think. A lot of the biggish-small ones (3s or so) seem to hit on the Pacific coast off of Fukushima.
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The Project has a news report that there's consideration for joint custody to be introduced, but there's skepticism on whether it can work in consideration of foreign spouses (Japanese nationals also got hit by this) having their kids "taken".
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With some the Western people living in Japan, how have they be received nowadays?
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Its thanks to him, that I became interested in Japan in general. a true legend, gone too early. 
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The world lost another legend. My condolences to his family.
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Because apparently today is cursed I guess, another significant person in anime has died.
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She was also the OG Monokuma voice before her Alzheimers got worse.
Another legend gone.
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That is awful. I feel sorry for their families and friends.
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https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15193345
The bill for joint custody been submitted to the Diet. They'll need to iron out more details about it. But otherwise, it'll be used as basis to revise the Civil Law.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/15/japan/society/ai-fukuhara-custody-agreement/
Interesting that Ai Fukuhara has agreed on a custody arrangement with her son. She was previously in a dispute with her husband and took him (the son) back to Japan at the time. Her husband had to go the FCCJ building in Tokyo and make a statement about it.
Edited by Ominae on Mar 18th 2024 at 12:28:53 PM
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Looks like laws in Japan on joint custody of children is being allowed now.
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Was that not a thing before?
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No. Japanese law didn't have that prior to amendments to their civil laws and when custody hearings were done and it's with a (usually) Japanese parent (who gets the kids), the other spouse doesn't always get joint custody. It's much worst if the ex-spouse is an expat and the Japanese parent who has the main custody sometimes tries to leave the country the spouse is from. And it's not always that the other spouse get some time to visit the kid, let alone speak to them.
I have seen cases where the other (foreign usually) ex-spouse tries to find a (legalish) way to see the kids after the Japanese partner "takes" them back to Japan. I've been told of a case where a Eurasian woman (I've seen the woman's vids BTW) was told by her Japanese mom that her French father hated them, which is why a divorce took place. But when the woman was able to see her dad... well things changed for her.
Edited by Ominae on Apr 11th 2024 at 6:54:13 AM
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Hi, this a pop culture question, I've heard that Dragon Quest is one of THE most influential and biggest games in Japan.
And started out a lot of game and fantasy tropes. Supposedly, Zoma from the third game is the trope codifier for the Maou the Demon King in Japanese games.
According to the wiki:
"Zoma is not that known outside of Japan, but within its country of origin, it is one of the most popular villains in videogames; Dragon Quest III ranked third in a videogame player's choice poll made by Famitsu; this made it the highest Famicom game in said poll."
Can anyone elaborate on this?
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Okay, what kind of time frame am I looking for?
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Well, what exactly do you want elaboration on, first? It sounds like the matter is pretty clear-cut regarding where Dragon Quest 3 placed.
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What I'm asking specifically is how influential Zoma from Dragon Quest 3 is. Like from what I understand, that's the game that codified a lot of tropes in Japanese stories that have a hero and a demon king.
- Fountain of Expies: You see a "Hero" or the concept of a "Demon King" in a Japanese fantasy story, and they will inevitably be based off of Erdrick and co. Heck, the whole game is this given its influence.
Zoma is quite curious, are there any comments from Japanese gamers or even devs that talk about his influence on evil overlords in Japanese games?
I know for certain how Erdrick/Loto is influential, to the point his sword and shield were part of a museum piece, and how he's the guy who inspired the RPG hero who travels from another world among other things.
So I'd like to know how influential the famous demon king is.
Edited by RedHunter543 on Apr 12th 2024 at 6:42:39 PM
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Ah. Well, that I can't really say much about aside from what TVT itself already says. If he's considered the trope codifier, then yeah, that's pretty dang influential.
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That's kind of hard question to answer. The word "maou" (demon king) itself has a long history of use in Japan and was used in a variety of fictional works in decades prior to Dragon Quest, and likely would continue to in a timeline where DQ didn't exist. But it's generally agreed upon that the first three Dragon Quests had a huge impact on what Japanese audience and creators just immediately think of as the "default" kind of fantasy setting and story, including the whole idea of chosen hero with a holy bloodline and sword going on a journey to slay the demon king. DQ3 is the first game to actually use the title "demon king" for its main villains, but the Dragon King who was the main villain of DQ1 fits within the same vein. Maou probably took off because DQ3 selling more than DQ1 and 2 plus the already existing history of the word being used for villains in Japanese media.
I'm not sure where you'd find some kind "source" talking about this though. At the least, I can give you the Japanese DQ fan wiki page for Maou which includes this bit.
Oh, bother.
Reminds me of the first Ninja Gaiden from 1988. While the English translation for the name of the Big Bad was Jaquio, the name in the original Japanese is apparently 邪鬼王, Jakiō, which translates to "Wicked Demon King".
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Thank you for the thorough explanation! It's very interesting to learn about!
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