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Words of the day

Gomi - trash, gomi tantou - person in charge of cleaning up the trash net/area, moeru gomi - burnables, sodai gomi - oversized trash

Butsukari Otoko Wikipedia Page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butsukari_otoko

'We were told to target foreigners': Ex-officer on systematic racial profiling by Japan police - The Mainichi

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240427/p2a/00m/0na/019000c

'Maternity leave cookies' spark online storm in Japan over lack of consideration

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240429/p2a/00m/0li/020000c

Surveys

https://econte.co.jp/works/maternity/

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/a3587e6271f1d9a3081a2835b90406a399fd12cc

Dentist arrested on suspicion of attempted murder at hospital

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/dentist-arrested-on-suspicion-of-attempted-murder-at-hospital