Fallen leaves

Yesterday I cleaned fallen leaves around my house. When I started, there is a man( live in neighbour)cleaning leaves energetically.I speaked to him about enjoying collecting leaves. He said that he enjoy cleaning because that makes him refreshed.I agreed him. That was small good episode.

Mr. Masukawa's forecast

Mr. Masukawa who got a Novel Prize said in NIKKEI newspaper that he predict any war in world will be diminished 200 year later.He said that the inevitability of stopping any war is spreading around the world gradually. I get a hope from his article.

What should be goal for free school?

Yesterday I met and discussed with a president and founder of famous free school in Tokyo. Today, the circumstances of educational problem in Japan is changing faster than what we imagine.So those non-formal education is noticed and expected.I would like to think and try what the basic education should be in Japan.

The omen of economic crisis or not

Dubai world(holding company own by Dubai government) requested delay about 0.5year of their debt because their business is not going good.This news is shocked business people related to to business in Dubai.Many Japanese company are doing business in Dubai,especially construction company and banks.I am anxious about its negative impact to World economy and Japanese economy.

Christmas ornament

There are several Christmas ornament(illumination of streets and house)near my house.That makes me refreshed and cheerful.It is very important for us to get people around us felt good who returning to their home.That makes their activities tomorrow.

Immigration trend

Yesterday I attend a meeting about how to increase the number of immigration and how to activate the Japanese economy. Especially, immigration as university student is important and specious theme. International students are key to make Japanese quiet student more active,I think.

45year shopping arcade

Yesterday I visited arcade shopping-center in front of shinkoiwa JR station. One store clerk said that this shopping arcade was made 45years ago.The arcade is very clean and stable and many people are enjoing shopping under the arcade.I was impressed by those facts.

How to keep Japanese contents alive

It is often said that contents business(Japanese IDEA,NOVEL or MANGA for example)has competence in world market.But I think that even if that subject is true,it needs much support and endeavour to keep those contents alive in the future. In these days we have Internet to get many many information from around the world but nevertheless many valuable ideas has gone from our mind.We should remember the famous proverb "Gresham's law:Bad money drives out good=悪貨は良貨を駆逐する".If we only referred everything to Internet for free,we might only access to bad information.That is important proverb, I think.

Shortage of person under the deflation

According to business magazine(NIKKEI BUSINESS),we are going to be short of worker and officer in the near future.And we have to accept more immigration for that problem solved.The number of shortage will reach to 10 million!! That number is so many that our decision of accepting immigration will be changed to open.At that time Japanese society is probably changed drastically.

Hospitality and feel

I went to a hospital,where my father is in,last night. Hospital building is very old and light is not bright but there are 20 or 30 bed and patients and their lives. I think and feel livings and existence of people inside the old building. That feeling is made by something like hospitality,I think.

Many students are finding job seriously

Newspaper said that in this recession,people lost their job and it becomes difficult to find proper job for them.Students are more serious because they have no career and they need to be trained to go job. It is a social problem.

Discussion about Japanese education

I attended a meeting with people who are active in educational domain. We confirmed that defining what kind of men and women we should grow,and what to tell students about to motivate themselves to study.I was very impressed by this meeting.

CNN in China

I watched CNN program "OBAMA in china".President attend a meeting with Chinese university students and discussed about economy politics and so on.Students gave OBAMA many questions with high motivation.I was impressed.

Moral and Economy should be in harmony

Today we would like to change our thinking of economic ethics.Because we have been worried about many bad results of excessive free and egocentric trend in these days. In Japan there are old ethical economic thought. So it turn out to be a opportunity to remind Japanese old thinking, I think.

One novel "SUNAONA-SENSHI"

I read this weekend one novel describing Jananese struggle for entrance exam and for making their children a what we call elite. Parents prepare for their first son's proper success in examination.On the contrarily they cannot care for second son because of lack of time. But their project do not succeed. The author is SHIROYAMA-SABUROU Japanese famous writer.

Morning jogging

I and my two son start enjoy jogging todays morning. About 30 minutes we go jogging around neighbourhood to small park. There are many kind of plants,flowers and fruits 'persimmon for examples'. It is full of discovery.

Twitter

There is a "twitter" boom in internet world. It is made by a lot of mutter real time. It can be selected and listed up timely. So it grow as private mass communication. There can become personal media in the near future.

Memories belong to people

Yesterday,I met older members of bicycle circle. And we could remember many old memories already forgotten. I think those memories link to character or person in a memorial stories. So we can remember when we met those people.The more people we can meet,the more memories we can remember.

What a nation should do?

Yesterday the selection of national work "JIGYOU-SIWAKE" started. Many work and project provably stop or get slim. I think this action is inevitable in smaller national income these days.But at the same time,we should think what should be done by nation seriously. I think that guaranteeing the minimum education service to poverty children have to be done by nation with more idea and money.

Little demand for education

I think that educational matter is tend to be forgotten by people because those educational demands are not so said loudly. Those problems are thought not of the problem of adults but of only children who has not the right to vote.So those are not argued in political section seriously. That is serious problem.

20th anniversary

20years has passed from the Berlin's Wall had broken.After that time, The world should have been one universe.But there are several war or dispute in recent times. We should break the Wall in our mind against new,strange and inexperienced things and people. That is very important thing for us.

Dear old shopping district

I visited old shopping district near Shinkoiwa station. Walking along under the arcade , I can recognize the time goes by and where I am now. Some shop had gone,and some one is still there. People who are walking is old and eider,children are few. When I was high school student,there are many children and baby with those mothers and families. Time is going for somewhere else.

Cyclist go around the world

Yesterday,I met Mr.Sakamoto who went around the world by bicycle in about 5 years. He gave us special lecture at Kawaijuku,kojimachi branch.I was impressed what he do after that world travel. After the trip he went to Guinea again,where he had gotten malaria and was helped to cure with much hospitality among the cycle travel,and he helped people to dig a well. There are not proper well in those area,so many plague,bad disease,are spread.

What going on "Music Market"

"NIKKEI business",Japanese magazine for business people,said that Japanese music CD selling is not good in these days,especially for young people. So music companies are going to settle main target to elder people. What means this? I think that it probably means that young people's interest is changing now. What are they interested in? This is what Id like to ask them?

Small meeting with bureaucrats

Yesterday I have meeting with bureaucrats of Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry.We discussed what Japanese education should be and how we achieve the goal.And what bottlenecks the process. We proposed some new policy about education for young children.The need for compulsory education got diverse," for poverty or for career education for example",and public education is not enough for that.That is a serious problem.

Car makers diversity

Japanese car makers business showing are diverse. Suzuki and nissan are good because their business are strong in growing area(china,Indeia). Toyota has subject to rank improve their share in those area. It means car maker business is drastically changing now.

Buffet purchase

The famous American investor,Warren Buffett,purchased Northan Santa Fe train railroad company. It is not IT, not new rather old category of business. I think this buyout should be focused. This old style business may be driving force.

Pleasant meeting

Last night I attended small meeting with my old colleague in JFC.They work at branches in the whole Japanese country.We discussed about how should be the governmental support of Japanese small business.

Novelist Spitit

I bought Japanese famous novelist'YAMASAKI TOYOKO''s essay published last week by Amazon book and read in one day.I was impressed what she said in this book.It is about how she made novel.First decide what the theme and almost story and next she began to research many people. She have strong spirit to know what exist in fact and what have to be known in public.

30th anniversary,cycling circle

Yesterday,I visit university festival in KUNITACHI.There are many shops,events and concerts. I recalled my student-days and passed this about 20-years from graduate. I attended the OB "former member" gathering.I met young men and women ,and had communication and talked about work and living and so on.That was a very happy event.