- Minority groups to get lighter sentences from crimes in the UK - 

 

 A controversial new policy being introduced in the UK recommends that people from minority groups get lighter sentences for crimes, on the basis of their minority identity. 

Is this a type of discrimination? If you are white British, you get 10 years in prison, but if you are Pakistani, you get 5 years in prison...for the same crime! 
Why would something like this be introduced in the first place? Are there any particular benefits? And benefits for whom?

 

- The Japanese government's tourism plans - 

 

Japanese PM Ishiba recently ask his government to look into some plans to increase the number of tourists to Japan to 60 million a year by 2030. That means almost doubling the amount of tourists Japan had last year in 2024.

What on earth are they thinking? Is this a good idea? Good for who? I've lived in Japan for over 6 years and every year I hear many Kyoto people complain more and more about increasing tourism...how would Kyoto survive nearly doubling the amount of tourism within 5 years? 

At the same time, in the same announcement, Ishiba called for efforts to prevent over tourism...how is that possible when his plans would double the number the tourists? Is he trying to have his cake and eat it too?

 

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