So Christnmas is almost coming...I have a question. Why is Christmas the event for couples here in Japan? It should be the one to celebrate with family. Anyway, we can have fun in anyways at Christmas!!
Merry Christmas!! This is my favorite movie from You Tube↓↓
2007年11月27日火曜日
2007年11月23日金曜日
America, not Iran, is the problem
Today’s blog is a response to this letter.
First, the author makes his point by mentioning nuclear weapons in some countries. At least, Russia, The U.K., France, China and The U.S. have some officially. Then it is unfair that some countries can own nuclear weapons, but on the other hand, other countries like Iraq or Iran are attacked for possessing some. What he wants to say here is that in stead of making such an unfair situation, all nukes should be removed from world.
He also criticizes America for taking on a guardianship for the world. The biggest problem is that U.S. government takes it based on only America’s viewpoint, in other words, for their profits, and it usually causes worse situations. The Vietnam War and Taliban are good examples for it. It could be possible that America would attack North Korea without thinking about its neighbor countries like South Korea or Japan, and its hidden real aim is just to compete against China which has been developing rapidly and America is getting worried about these days. If it happens, it would be Korean or Japanese who take the biggest damage.
So we need to think about it again carefully.
First, the author makes his point by mentioning nuclear weapons in some countries. At least, Russia, The U.K., France, China and The U.S. have some officially. Then it is unfair that some countries can own nuclear weapons, but on the other hand, other countries like Iraq or Iran are attacked for possessing some. What he wants to say here is that in stead of making such an unfair situation, all nukes should be removed from world.
He also criticizes America for taking on a guardianship for the world. The biggest problem is that U.S. government takes it based on only America’s viewpoint, in other words, for their profits, and it usually causes worse situations. The Vietnam War and Taliban are good examples for it. It could be possible that America would attack North Korea without thinking about its neighbor countries like South Korea or Japan, and its hidden real aim is just to compete against China which has been developing rapidly and America is getting worried about these days. If it happens, it would be Korean or Japanese who take the biggest damage.
So we need to think about it again carefully.
2007年11月13日火曜日
Not so welcome to Japan any longer
Today’s blog is about the article” Not so welcome to Japan any longer”.
The author claims about the new system which is conducted by Japanese immigration bureau office. This requires foreigners to fingerprinted and photographed at airports when they get into Japan. Not only visitors or workers with proper visas but also most permanent residents have to take this requirement. According to Japanese government, this law is made to keep international terrorists from getting into Japan. However, the author does not think that it will work because immigrant office does not have the database of fingerprints or detailed information of terrorists and if they share that of the U.S., like the article “Will entry check cross the line?” says, that must contains wrong information. Therefore, this system is just going to be considered as a discriminative thing which violates privacy.
Considering those things, this new law should not be executed.
The author claims about the new system which is conducted by Japanese immigration bureau office. This requires foreigners to fingerprinted and photographed at airports when they get into Japan. Not only visitors or workers with proper visas but also most permanent residents have to take this requirement. According to Japanese government, this law is made to keep international terrorists from getting into Japan. However, the author does not think that it will work because immigrant office does not have the database of fingerprints or detailed information of terrorists and if they share that of the U.S., like the article “Will entry check cross the line?” says, that must contains wrong information. Therefore, this system is just going to be considered as a discriminative thing which violates privacy.
Considering those things, this new law should not be executed.
2007年11月9日金曜日
Discrimination In Japan
In the article “Which minority groups face the worst discrimination in Japan”, what is interesting is that foreigners and Japanese people are considering this issue from different angles. People from other countries mainly take nationality or race into consideration, but Japanese people seem to think about only Japanese people who are discriminated. Also, even when only considering those Japanese people, the situation surrounding them seem to affect their views like Natsumi Suzuki who has a handicapped brother.
Mike Dewood says in his response “Ebb and flow of discrimination”, that it depends on where people live which groups people think are discriminated worst. This opinion sounds reliable because many people can be influenced by the situation of the places they live. For example, if you live in the town which has “Buraku”(the area where burakumin live), you see many people who discriminate them, and the ideas of those people have much impression on your own thought. Also in the case of the author, few people in his town could know that he is an American when they see him for the first time, but his nationality, American, let him think they do this because he is an American.
I think those two articles show that many factors affect each person’s thought about this issue, such as nationality, family situation and the place where people live. In other words, thoughts about discrimination or people who are discriminated are different to each person because no one lives in the very same situation.
Mike Dewood says in his response “Ebb and flow of discrimination”, that it depends on where people live which groups people think are discriminated worst. This opinion sounds reliable because many people can be influenced by the situation of the places they live. For example, if you live in the town which has “Buraku”(the area where burakumin live), you see many people who discriminate them, and the ideas of those people have much impression on your own thought. Also in the case of the author, few people in his town could know that he is an American when they see him for the first time, but his nationality, American, let him think they do this because he is an American.
I think those two articles show that many factors affect each person’s thought about this issue, such as nationality, family situation and the place where people live. In other words, thoughts about discrimination or people who are discriminated are different to each person because no one lives in the very same situation.
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