070 Extreme Weather and the Military

This is Deep Dive Cast. Thank you for joining us again. Thank you. We're recording this Deep Dive Cast as of September 22nd, and you know that song "September," right? Yes. The one that sounds like Earth, Wind & Fire. If you look at the lyrics, it's actually September 22nd. Oh, really? Yes, it is September 22nd, but back when that song was written, September 22nd was probably a much more autumnal time, a time that evoked those slightly melancholic feelings, I think. Thinking back to childhood, right now, even now, September 22nd is still very much summer. Yes. It was hot during the day today in the Kanto region too. Right. When you watch old TV dramas, there are lines like, "It's tough when it goes over 30 degrees." Yeah. Yeah. But now it's 40 degrees, right? Now, we'd be grateful if it dropped below 30 degrees. Yes. Well, I don't think the temperature will drop easily anytime soon. I have many colleagues who are experts in climate change, like the professors in the science department I belong to at the University of Tokyo, and when I spoke with them recently, they said, "It won't get cold." Oh, really? I thought so. So, what I wanted to talk about today is how these fluctuations affect security. Yes. Even regarding Russia, which I follow, it's inherently a cold country, right? Yes. And they have vast lands, but a large part of it can't be utilized, or there are limits to their crop production, and so on.