When you have deep set beliefs that you are a high status male, and that no matter where you are, that you are among the elite males, then all these anxieties and problems fall away.
There was also something faintly worrying in the oft-quoted saying - a wise man climbs Mount Fuji once in his life; only a fool climbs it twice. But we were curious.
There are also concerns about the long-term sustainability of farming practices encouraged by the Green Revolution in both the developed and the developing world.
Some people were delighted at what they saw as a significant, if small, first step in cracking down on those who they fear crowd skilled American workers out of the workplace.
But Nori joins the growing ranks of Japanese women who are choosing to get married later, reflecting changes in society and the workplace and worrying policymakers concerned about a falling birthrate.
Thursday's incident occurred amid concern over the Pope's health prompted by a Vatican decision to schedule the mass two hours early this year instead of the traditional midnight hour.
Far more worrying are several radioactive chemicals released as particles about one-quarter the size of a grain of sand. These include iodine-131, strontium-90 and cesium-137.
"This can be intimidating, since it means telling him things he might not want to hear, " Dufour says, "but the tradeoff of elevated status is worth it."