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...question facing Japan now, however - and the issue that should dominate elections to the lower house of the Diet, which could come as early as May and in which the ruling Liberal Democratic Party looks vulnerable - is whether stability is enough. The nation faces enormous challenges: a rapidly aging population, the rise of China as a regional superpower and the breakdown of the economic system responsible for Japan's postwar economic success, as international trade collapses and with it Japan's markets for its goods. (See pictures of Japan and the world...
...smack in the middle of this land of almonds "is comparable to us going to McDonald's every day for a month," says Johnson. "In the past, you'd have a blend of sources, and [the bees] seemed so much healthier." Johnson and many bee researchers believe this monocultural diet may have contributed to the recent epidemic of colony-collapse disorder (CCD)--a mysterious phenomenon that can kill up to 90% of a hive's insects, and whose root cause is still unknown. CCD has helped cause a nationwide bee shortage; rental prices spiked to as much...
...diet aims to calm those tensions by easing the pain in people's wallets. And that's not all. "We're also making an effort to use the current crisis ... to change the nation's eating habits," says Alexander Baturin, deputy head of Moscow's Institute of Nutrition, a part of the Academy of Medical Sciences...
...ministry says the diet, which is heavy on hearty Russian foods like porridge, cabbage salad, sour cream, mashed potatoes, vegetables, whole grain bread and fish, will cost just $77 a month. "The aim of the diet is so that the people don't panic and know that in any situation there is a way out, including through nutrition," a spokeswoman for the Ministry told TIME. (See pictures of what makes us eat more food...
Daily Komsomolskaya Pravda dubbed the recommendations the "anti-crisis diet." First published during the start of Orthodox Lent in late February, the fish-heavy diet even has people thinking of religion, the newspaper reported. "The first two apostles, Andrew and Peter, were both fishermen," Father Alexei, a priest in Polenovo just outside of Moscow, told the newspaper. "Therefore, the church has a positive attitude towards eating sea and river [fish...