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Mandatory inmate rehab eyed
Government wants all convicts to take corrective courses

The Justice Ministry plans to require that all prison inmates, including sex offenders, take re-education courses in a bid to reduce recidivism after release, ministry officials said Sunday.

・recidivism
n.
【1】悪事を繰り返すこと,犯罪を重ねること,累犯;常習的な悪行[転落,堕落]
【2】｡精神医学｢常習[習慣的]犯罪性,累犯性:犯罪または種々の反社会的行為を繰り返す性癖.
[1886.＜ラテン語 recidYv(us)もとの状態にもどる+-ISM; recidYvus は recidere「再び転落する」より]



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Downturn in eel fry likely to inflate prices
The Asahi Shimbun

Diners may have to dig a little deeper to pay for the traditional summer fare of unagi this year, according to fishing industry representatives who are reporting abnormally small eel fry numbers.

・downturn
If there is a downturn in the economy or in a company or industry, it becomes worse or less successful than it had been.
* They predicted a severe economic downturn.
N-COUNT: oft N in n
!=upturn
◆a downturn in production [spending] 生産[消費]の下降.




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