Japan, like most countries, depends on international trade to survive.

For example, one-third of the chicken we eat is imported from countries like Thailand and Brazil. Fried chicken would be expensive in Japan if we didn’t import it from these countries. Also, we import about 90 percent of shirts, pants, coats, and other clothing products from China and other Asian countries.

Many of the products sold by Japanese companies are produced in foreign countries. Electronic gadgets, too.

There is an increasing relationship between us and other countries. Beyond our borders, we must continue to help one another.

As of 2020, nearly 10% of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty. They live on less than $1.90 a day. More than 700 million people continue to lack basic necessities such as health care, education, and access to safe drinking water. Hunger, a lack of a clean environment, inadequate healthcare systems, conflict, poor education, and climate change are just a few of the causes.

We must think about and act now to solve the problems because they are intricately related to one another.

Work is essential to individuals because it provides them with financial security and access to basic necessities. However, unemployment is an ongoing issue all over the world.

To reduce poverty, productive employment and decent work are required. For example, decent work is an environment in which wages are fair, workers are safe, and there is no discrimination.

In some poor countries, there are children who have to work for a living. Some of those were forced into dangerous jobs as a result of human trafficking. Unfortunately, there are some gender issues, especially for girls and women.

Development has improved the lives of some people. They have easy access to transportation and technology, as well as comfortable living spaces and delicious food. However, at the same time, human activities have been the primary cause of climate change since the 1800s due to the use of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas.

Climate change is now causing severe droughts, water scarcity, devastating fires, rising sea levels, flooding, melting polar ice, catastrophic storms, and biodiversity loss. Unless we take immediate action, this will endanger our lives.

My pet cat, Lala, has disappeared!

She was seen yesterday crossing the street and going into our neighbor’s garden. Lala was taken care of by our neighbor when we went out last summer. Maybe she went there to get food. She was heard crying by our neighbor’s door, but she has gone missing since then!

If you see her, please call me at 124-335-9876.

The word “serendipity” is used to describe people’s ability to make unexpected discoveries by chance. Here are two of the best innovations that resulted from serendipity.

One company invented the first “self-sticky notes,” and others have since produced and sold similar products. On Sundays, an employee participated in the church choir and made notes in his choir book with pieces of paper. However, the bits of paper sometimes fell out of the book. He then had the idea to add adhesive to the paper. The second story takes place when a doctor was doing research on influenza in the summer of 1928 and spotted a clear area of bacterial growth. He concluded that the mold was creating a substance to destroy the germs. He named it “penicillin.”

People who have had serendipity are happy to talk about it. The next big discovery might just be a step away, and those who look hard enough might find it.