"[LDP-sponsored] ordinance that encourages residents to...laugh everyday...was approved by a majority vote on July 5 [by the #Yamagata] prefectural assembly"
"[The ordinance was based on] a study by Yamagata University’s Faculty of Medicine [that found frequent laughter reduced] risk of an early death"
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15336010
🔸Unfortunately political antics are rarely funny
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