tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38465149015058492852024-03-14T11:39:54.843+09:00Get It BalancedTurn away from selfness. Turn towards providence. NATSUME SosekiSATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-81629154165648089292019-01-17T06:52:00.000+09:002019-01-21T08:23:07.199+09:00"We Didn't Lose Fire," in homage to Billy JoelThis year Billy Joel, an American first-rate singer-songwriter of pop music, is turning 70. In 1989, at the age of 40, he released the album "Storm Front", that includes "We Didn't Start the Fire."<br />
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In Japan, a 70th birthday is celebrated as a major milestone in one's life. In homage to Billy Joel, I write lyrics entitled "We Didn't Lose Fire." In my title, I don't put a definite article "the" before "Fire" to make it ambiguous. Needless to say, mine is modeled after Billy's.<br />
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Lyrics:<br />
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1968 Welcome back, Ogasawara, 300 million yen Robbery<br />
1969 Yasuda Auditorium taken by student activists<br />
1970 World Expo Osaka showed us the bright future<br />
1971 McDonald's burgers an' French fries swept through Ginza<br />
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1972 Shinkansen extended to Okayama, at last Okinawa back to us<br />
1972 Tanaka Kakuei went to Beijing, then the pandas came to town<br />
1973 After Nixon Shock, finally Yen floated on the greedy market<br />
1973 A steep hike in oil price, and toilet paper was all gone<br />
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*We didn't lose fire<br />
We've been always adjusting<br />
To the world surrounding us<br />
We'll never lose fire<br />
No we won't give it up<br />
We keep on loving it<br />
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1974 For what was Sato Eisaku awarded the Nobel Prize?<br />
1975 Yoshida Takuro and his fellows launched FOR LIFE label<br />
1976 Ex-Prime Minister Tanaka was arrested in Lockheed Scandal<br />
1976 Cutthroat competition between Beta and VHS<br />
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1977 The People's Honor Award went to Oh Sadaharu for his homers<br />
1978 Radicals took over and damaged the control tower in Narita<br />
1979 Hostage at the Bank of Mitsubishi, Tokyo Summit, Walkman player<br />
1981 The city of light and waves, it's Kobe's Port Island<br />
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*Refrain<br />
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1982 Following LaserDisc, Compact Disc came into record shops</div>
1983 Tokyo Disneyland in Chiba Prefecture took guests to the fantasy world<br />
1984 Abduction of Glico's president, threatening letters, poisoned sweets<br />
1985 NTT, JT, Crash of JAL, Plaza Accord, Hanshin Tigers<br />
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1987 JNR privatized an' divided into 7, who are paying its debt?<br />
1988 Seikan Tunnel, Seto-Ohashi Bridges, politicos arrested in "Recruit" Scandal<br />
1989 His Majesty the Emperor passed away, Sales Tax, Nikkei's all-time high<br />
1989 Who bought Columbia Pictures and Rockefeller Center buildings?<br />
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*Refrain<br />
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1991 Japan's gradual funding to Multinational Forces harshly criticized<br />
1993 The wedding held<br />
For Their Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess<br />
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1993 LDP was out, Rice was in short supply due to cool weather in the summer<br />
1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Aum's Subway Sarin Attack<br />
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1997 Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Yamaichi Securities Went bankrupt<br />
2000 Public insurance for elderly care began with our society aging<br />
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*Refrain<br />
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2001 Ehime-Maru and Greeneville, September 11 attacks, Suica<br />
2002 Koizumi Junichiro visited Pyongyang, 5 abductees came back home<br />
2004 The Self-Defense Forces deployed in Samawah<br />
To help reconstruct war-torn Iraq<br />
2005 Amagasaki Derailment and Crash,<br />
Prime Minister Koizumi's August Dissolution<br />
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2010 LDP was out, DPJ stopped SDF refueling in the Indian Ocean<br />
2011 East Japan Earthquake, "Major Accident" at Fukushima Daiichi<br />
2015 Times are changing, Daiei got wholly owned by AEON<br />
2015 70 years after the war, Their Majesties visited Peleliu<br />
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We didn't lose fire<br />
We've been always adjusting<br />
To the world surrounding us<br />
We'll never lose fire<br />
And till we are gone<br />
We're keeping the faith on and on<br />
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*Refrain</div>
SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-78093134928747858432019-01-02T22:48:00.000+09:002019-01-02T22:48:56.062+09:00A New Year's greeting from Yokosuka one day lateEighteen years have already passed since the turn of the century. It's 2019 in the so-called Christian Calendar, 2679 in the Japanese original calendar, and the 31st and final year of Heisei Era in Japan.<br />
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Shortly after the new year began in respective local times, vehicle-ramming attacks against pedestrians took place in Shibuya, Tokyo, and in Bottrop, Germany. In Manchester, England, a man stabbed three people with a knife around 9p.m. local time on New Year's Eve, shouting some foreign words. Definite motives for these terrible incidents are not yet reported. I wish the victims involved a stable recovery, and may this year be peaceful one for all of us on the globe.<br />
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This year 2019 is the year of the 60th anniversary of the state of Hawaii's statehood and of the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations of the U.S. and PRC(People's Republic of China). I'll write about them before long. As the company I work for is not shut down during 3-day Japanese holidays of New Year's celebration, unlike a part of the U.S. Federal Government, I don't have a choice to stay up late.SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-44664929585769581832018-12-23T17:50:00.001+09:002018-12-24T01:22:37.364+09:00Tragic death of the 7 Japanese on this day 70 years agoToday is 85th birthday of Japan's Emperor Akihito. As a Japanese, I sincerely express my best wishes on this day. As His Majesty the Emperor is scheduled to abdicate the throne on Apr. 30th, 2019, this is the last opportunity for His Majesty to celebrate the birthday as the Emperor.<br />
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In <a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/page/kaiken/showEn/25" target="_blank">the press conference</a> held at Shakkyo-no-Ma(Drawing Room) in the Imperial Palace on Dec. 20th, His Majesty the Emperor looked back and reflected on Japan's history after World War II, referring to the fact that countless lives were lost in World War II and that the peace and prosperity of post-war Japan was built upon the numerous sacrifices and tireless efforts made by the Japanese.<br />
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Under <a href="http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_main?id=174" target="_blank">the current Constitution</a>, Japan's Emperor has no power related to government. Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor has long been supposed or expected strongly not to make a political remark or a remark about politics. Therefore, what happened to the following 7 Japanese on this day(Dec. 23rd) 70 years ago is never told by His Majesty the Emperor. What happened to the 7 Japanese men, including 1 civilian, on Dec. 23rd, 1948?<br />
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Gen. DOIHARA, Kenji (Aug.8,1883 - Dec.23,1948)<br />
Gen. MATSUI, Iwane (Jul.27,1878 - Dec.23,1948)<br />
Gen. <a href="http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/142.html" target="_blank">TOJO, Hideki</a> (Dec.30,1884 - Dec.23,1948)<br />
Lt. Gen. MUTO, Akira (Dec.15,1892 - Dec.23,1948)<br />
Gen. ITAGAKI, Seishiro (Jan.21,1885 - Dec.23,1948)<br />
Prime Minister <a href="http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/183.html" target="_blank">HIROTA, Koki</a> (civilian, Feb.14,1878 - Dec.23,1948)<br />
Gen. KIMURA, Heitaro (Sep.28,1888 - Dec.23,1948)<br />
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All the 7 Japanese men were hanged at midnight on Dec. 23rd, 1948 in Sugamo, Tokyo by GHQ of Allied Forces. All the 7 men were hanged for so-called "war crimes" made up after the fact. Dec. 23rd, 1948 is 15th birthday of the present Emperor Akihito. How did His Majesty the Emperor in younger days feel on His 15th birthday?<br />
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Let me express my best wishes again for sustained prosperity of the Imperial Family.SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-55015193087731561572015-02-07T05:57:00.000+09:002015-02-07T05:57:16.303+09:00The villains named themselves with English words intentionally<div>
Al-Qaeda, Aum-Shinrikyo, Boko Haram, Hezbollah, Islamic State.</div>
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I jot down some of armed extremist groups, just in alphabetical order. How do they feel respectively? How do they sound respectively? Every word has its own nuance, whatever language it is. Familiar words tend to leave a familiar impression on us. Does the last group mentioned above sound more familiar than the first 4 groups to English-speaking people?<br />
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I am 47 years old. More than 34 years have passed since I began to learn English as a second language in a junior high school. I'm old enough to realize that the masterminds of self-styled "Islamic State" have named their own group with familiar English words intentionally. They have done so with confidence in order to make it easier to recruit young people brought up and educated in advanced countries.<br />
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Generally speaking, young people are reckless idealists. And the information technologies are flourishing, especially in advanced countries. The masterminds of self-styled "Islamic State" recruit young people via the Internet, threaten governments via the Internet, and make videos of killing public to horrify people via the Internet. Technologies are always like a double-edged sword.<br />
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On the globe, there must not be a place villains can call their own.</div>
SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-19323161260053281942015-02-03T23:49:00.000+09:002015-02-04T00:23:00.654+09:00What a poor memory I have!I wonder how we store a tremendous amount of information in our own brain. Our memory is sometimes as vague as a mirage.<br />
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In the afternoon, a couple of days ago, I jogged down the hill to the Misaki fishing port at the southern end of the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Pref. It's a gentle hill leading to the coast. This terrain is very exceptional in the Japanese Archipelago, which is long and narrow, and relatively full of mountains.<br />
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When I started jogging at Misakiguchi Station, I surely thought that I had never been on this road. On the way to the port, one <a href="https://maps.google.co.jp/maps?q=35.157179,139.636927&hl=ja&ll=35.157225,139.63726&spn=0.001298,0.001961&num=1&brcurrent=3,0x60183cf13a1cd813:0xeca18b3151eb3e1,0&t=m&z=19" target="_blank">restaurant</a> of a major chain came into view. In front of me was the restaurant on the downhill with the Pacific Ocean in the background. This view made me remember that I drove my subcompact car on this road over 20 years ago. I took my girlfriend there for a drive in my younger days. What a poor memory I have!<br />
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The Miura Peninsula, which is at the mouth of Tokyo Bay, is the place where the U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry disembarked in 1853 to demand by force opening of the Japanese ports to the U.S., and also the place where the U.S. Navy Base, formally called <a href="https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrj/installations/cfa_yokosuka.html" target="_blank">Fleet Activities Yokosuka</a>, is located today under <a href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/n-america/us/q&a/ref/1.html" target="_blank">Japan-U.S. Security Treaty</a>.<br />
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I upload my messages at this blog mainly here in the Miura Peninsula in Japan.SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-66414758618563296952015-01-28T04:19:00.001+09:002015-01-28T20:24:34.011+09:00Is Abe Administration on the right track financially?It took more time than expected to complete installing Windows into my MacBook Air with "Boot Camp". I need to use Microsoft's relational database application, Access, which has no (Mac) OS X version. Last Monday, after finishing installation of Windows, I opened a package of an iPod touch I bought the other day and set it up. I plan to replace my iPad mini (with Wi-Fi only) with it. It's a little hard to carry an iPad mini when I jog along the coast as a pastime.<br />
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Nearly 4 weeks have already passed since a new year began. The 189th session of the Diet of Japan has started, as the Diet was belatedly convened last Monday. Compilation of the government budget for the coming fiscal year starting on April 1 is significantly behind schedule. Why is it significantly behind schedule? It is because the general election for Representatives was held last month as Japan's prime minister, Abe Shinzo, surprisingly dissolved the House of Representatives in the previous month.<br />
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Since the economic bubble burst in Japan in the early 1990s, Japan's government debt has piled up. Since Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11, Title 11 of the U.S. Code in September of 2008, its increase has accelerated. The outstanding government debt as of June 30, 2014, is already <a href="http://www.mof.go.jp/english/jgbs/reference/gbb/201406.html" target="_blank">over 1,000 trillion (=1 quadrillion) JPY</a>, more than 20 times as large as last fiscal year's tax revenue.<br />
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Abe Administration is on the wrong track financially. It is not that financial institutions accepting Japan government bonds are always there.SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-80752200130151747412015-01-23T05:48:00.001+09:002015-01-24T04:27:21.906+09:00How did Japan realize release of hostages 45 years ago?Although Japan has long been thought to be a safer country than any other advanced countries and to have nothing to do with terrorism, there has been terrorism in Japan domestically, not internationally.<br />
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In March of 1995, an armed cult group, called Aum-Shinrikyo, diffused sarin in Tokyo Metro cars while the trains stopped at stations in or near the Kasumigaseki government office district to attack Japan's government. This insane cult group appealed to and recruited some of well-educated young people, especially people who had majored in science and engineering. They built a chemical plant near Mt. Fuji to produce sarin, falsely insisting that it was a chemical fertilizer plant.<br />
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Japan and the U.S. revised their security treaty in 1960. Public opinion on it was divided, and a few of young people turned so much radical and violent. In 1970, they hijacked a Japan Airline aircraft and took passengers and crew hostage in pursuit of their political purpose. At that time, one young Representative, YAMAMURA Shinjiro, volunteered to be held hostage for the passengers to be released. This reminds me of <span style="color: red;">Bushido</span>, sort of Japanese chivalry.<br />
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At this moment, two Japanese men are being held hostage by so-called "IS" demanding a ransom. The international community does not consist of only good-natured people. As a Japanese, I feel sorry that Japanese still fail to revise the Constitution established under the Allies' strong influence.SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-77316449201397930862014-04-14T22:30:00.001+09:002014-04-14T22:30:52.076+09:00Alfred Nobel would weep over the Committee’s carelessnessAs a Japanese, I am disappointed with the Norwegian Nobel Committee accepting a letter of recommendation for the Japanese people, whose constitution includes renouncing war as means of settling international disputes.<br />
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There are some Japanese who are naive and short-sighted enough to misunderstand the Constitution of Japan. They groundlessly and fanatically believe that Article 9, Clause 1 of the Constitution of Japan says the Japanese renounce all the forms of war. But, it is evident that there is no nation who renounces all the forms of war. If you are able to read Japanese language, please refer to the original text of Article 9, Clause 1 of the Constitution of Japan.<br />
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The Japanese people renounce war as means of settling international disputes, according to the existing constitution of Japan, which was drafted, established, and proclaimed under the Allies(or United Nations) occupation.<br />
The Japanese people never renounce war as means of defending the Japanese people and their close friends in case they are attacked or about to be attacked.<br />
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The most grave reason why I am saddened by the Committee’s acceptance of the letter mentioned above is that the Committee’s acceptance of it is the act against Alfred Nobel’s will. In the will, he says his capital shall constitute a fund and the interest on the fund shall be awarded as prizes to those who shall have given the greatest benefit on mankind during the preceding year.<br />
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In 2013, the preceding year of this year, it was not the Japanese people who did the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses.<br />
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I sincerely wish the Committee would withdraw the acceptance of the letter which is sent by the Japanese persons who narrow-mindedly misunderstand Article 9, Clause 1 of the Constitution of Japan.SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-73850692508652804262012-04-28T10:30:00.001+09:002012-04-28T18:44:11.134+09:00Invaders never acquire land they invade<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For about a week from this weekend, we have holiday season in Japan as there are several legal holidays within a week or so.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>April 29th</u>, which is date of birth of the Showa Emperor Hirohito, is the SHOWA DAY.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>April 30th</u> is a legal holiday as the SHOWA DAY in this year is Sunday. It's due to National Holidays Act.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>May 3rd</u> is CONSTITUTION DAY.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>May 4th</u> is DAY FOR GREENERY.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>May 5th</u> is CHILDREN'S DAY.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> April 28th</span> is not a national holiday, but the most meaningful day for the last 60 years to the Japanese people. On this day in 1952, <u>San Francisco Peace Treaty</u> took effect. On the very same day, <u>Security Treaty Between Japan and the U.S.</u> also took effect.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Japanese people lost all right, title and claim to Chishima(Kurile) Islands and South Karahuto(Sakhalin), abiding by Article 2 (c) of San Francisco Peace Treaty.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This means that the Japanese people had all right, title and claim to Chishima Islands and South Karahuto up to April 27th, 1952.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the high summer of 1945, Soviet Union(present-day Russia) invaded a part of Japan's territory, including Chishima Islands and South Karahuto. In the modern era, <u>invaders never acquire land which they invade</u>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However long Russia occupy land they invaded, they never acquire it. That's the basic rule of modern era obeyed by modern nations.</span>SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-56336808009809979082012-04-13T15:13:00.000+09:002015-01-28T03:49:34.013+09:00Is Japan Post a private company?<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1853, the U.S. steam warship sailed into Uraga inlet in Tokyo Bay. At that time, the mega-city presently called Tokyo was not renamed such yet. The Japanese people there were so upset that they called the warship "Black Ship", which puffed up black smoke. Aboard the warship was Matthew Perry, the U.S. navy commodore.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uraga is in the city of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Yokosuka</span>, which is located at the entrance to Tokyo Bay. At present, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Self Defense Fleet is headquartered in Funakoshi district in Yokosuka.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Black Ship Shock" shook Japan completely. Japan opened 5 ports including Yokohama and Kobe, and expedited modernization. Railways, postal service, telegraph, steel manufacturing, constitution, election, Diet, and so on.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The state-owned Yahata Steel Works was privatized. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone was privatized. Japanese National Railways was privatized. But, <a href="http://www.japanpost.jp/en/corporate/about/" target="_blank">Japan Post Holdings</a> is owned 100% by Finance Minister and run by private personnel including Mr. SAITO Jiro.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Saito is the President of Japan Post Holdings, and was a top-ranking official of MOF(Ministry of Finance).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Japan Post Holdings is owned 100% by Finance Minister, and is managed by the board whose chairperson is a former top-ranking official of MOF. Is Japan Post a private company?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At present Diet session, Japan's Diet-persons are passing a bill to stop Japan Post privatization. KOIZUMI Shinjiro, Dietman from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Yokosuka</span> and Miura, is one of a few Diet-persons who say no to the bill.</span></div>
SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846514901505849285.post-68078736504141611272011-04-21T15:04:00.000+09:002014-04-14T22:20:35.530+09:00Mr. Nishiyama is a high-ranking official in METI<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The press treat Mr. NISHIYAMA Hidehiko as though he was a representative of Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA). NISA is a subsidiary organization of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe you're thinking like "METI ? Is that any different from MITI ?"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MITI, which was once called the headquarter of JAPAN Inc. , was renamed as METI in order that they might pretend that they had made enough effort to streamline Japan's rigid bureaucracy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Nishiyama Hidehiko is Director-General in METI. He ranks very high in METI. Why does he play a role of spokesperson for NISA almost every day? Doesn't NISA have any spokesperson? Yes, it has. Up to the second day since Japan's 311 megaquake, a spokesperson belonging to NISA held a press conference. Then, suddenly he disappeared. At the next conference, Mr. Nishiyama Hidehiko showed up.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bureaucrats tend to make it unclear who is responsible for any subjects. Japan's bureaucrats are not exception. Legally speaking, METI solely has the administrative responsibility for atomic energy in Japan. Since Fukushima Daiichi fell into a critical conditon, KAN Naoto Cabinet shares the resposibility for Fukushima Daiichi's crisis with Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far, Japanese people don't complain much as they are patient. But, uncntrollable reactors don't wait for us. I have already submitted a bill of accusation over an illegal act of Mr. Kan and other members of the House of Representatives.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My only aim is the resignation of Kan Cabinet.</span>SATO Masanorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215780145373702981noreply@blogger.com0