Textbook

According to today's newspaper,the government is going to increase page of textbook for elementary school .This suggests that students in elementary school are expected scholastic ability more before. I think that this makes parents think how to get their children master this volume. 

Luck is inside one's charactor

According to today's NIKKEI SHINBUN column(WATASHI-NO-RIREKISHO), Mr.Takahara founder of Unicharm Corporation said that people needed to foreign area is person who work with all one's strength not having foreign language skill. And he quote Mr.Akutagawa(famous novelist) message Luck is inside one's charactor.

Bonsai art museum

Yesterday I visited Bonsai art museum in Saitama city. This museum was opened just yesterday. Many people are there,watching Bonsai, located inside Japanese style room or located in garden outside the buidings. And inside the building,there are display about the history of Bonsai. This area(Bonsai city) is famous for gathering Bonsai artist in Japan. http://www.bonsai-art-museum.jp/english/index.php

Enjoy Kabuki

I went to Kabuki theater"KABUKIZA" and watched one program"ONNA-SHIBARAKU" yesterday with my family.It was my first experience to go to Kabuki. The "real" Kabuki was different from what I imaged with something like prejudice. The Kabuki program was attractive,frendly and customerintimate.

Public junior high school's purpose?

I attended a meeting to think about public compulsory education school. Teachers,Principals and parents came together and school consultant(my coworker) lectured that we found serious gap between what teachers lecture in public schools and what is tested in entrance exam of high rank universities,investigating the entrance exam. So students and parents are anxious about preparing for entrance exam and change the school from public to private school or go to cram school after school.That trend makes public school's atmosphere confusion and disorder.And we now think and do to reform public school(esp junior high school).And we and participants sampled real test and discussed about those theme. That was very helpful meeting.

Break off the merger again

Japanese famous department store TAKASHIMAYA and HANKYU-HANSHIN announced that merger negotiation broken.This break off teach us the difficulty of agreement between Japanese companies. According to today's newspaper, the reason is that store managing rule is difficult. But this is very small reason compare to the merit of this merger, I think. This breaking decision turn out to be a suggestion to us. 

Ankake apaghetti

I ate Ankake spaghetti,polular food in Nagoya city. That meal was quite filling. There were many customers who need this menu. Food reflect living and life style. I think that to eat those local food is valuable to understand those area life and living.

1Q84

I read 1Q84(Famous and popular novel by Murakami.Haruki) Vol.1 amd Vo1.2 this weekend. It was fantastic but somewhat dejavu story. Time,passed thing and people, to whom we could have communicated each other, this story manege those thing inside the story and we can remind the past.

Trimming trees

Yesterday I trimmed trees in my house. It was windy day, so many branches of those trees touched to outside wall. After the trimming, this problem was solved. And that made me refreshed.It was truly a case of killing two birds with one stone.

Spring Storm

It was windy and rainy last night. This weather is leading to the Spring. It may be warmer and warmer,and the cherry trees will bloom soon.

To people not to concrete

The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)  has slogan "To people,not to concrete". This means that the government should use annual expenditure directly to people rather than to build infrastructure(for example dam). I think that to people means to educate and skilled up.  

The price of land is falling

According to research, the price of Japanese land is falling continuously. This means the Japanese economy is not so good and is not expected to grow in the future. I think that this is rather good for ourselves because the land is resource of business and life.The cost of resource is going down,so it may be accessible for us. But it needs one condition, the idea of business and life must exist.

Tax increase ? when big earthquake happen

According to today's MAINICHI-SHINBUN,govermental advisers group for measures against big earthquake said that the government will be necessory to increase tax when we have big earthquake. I think that this is curious paradox. If tax increase when people suffer those serious quake, those people's living is going to be double punched. So the government should have sound finance in order to support people's life.

Norwagian management rule

According to today's ASAHI-SHINBUN column, Norway government enact new law that requires listed company to assign over 40% director position to women. If companies do not obey this rule,those companies must be dissolved by the government. I think this rule is very helpful for us to think about corporate governance and activating society.

How to use valuable digital archives

The National Diet Library has started to open the digital archives to the public. Those are histoliacal art, books, photo or letters. I think those are valuable for us to know and get ourselves interested in history, historical mankind or culture. And those are also valuable for education. I would like to find how to make use of those archives. 

Basic income policy

According to today's NIKKEI newspaper,Mr.YAMAZAKI ,popular economist, promote the basic income policy. This policy means that the government give every Japanese people money(like pension) for continueing their lives. He said that this policy is more efficient than todays' other policy because in this policy tax money is not decreasing by intermediation. I think that this idea is unique and valuable. But I would like to add one condition that this money must be used not only for consumption but also for investment (for example education,house and equipment).  

Leadership and reform

Yesterday I met young officers belonging to each government office and discussed ideal education to get students learn 'leadership'. I think that to master leadership is to know mankind,world and themselves. Leadership is needed in today's changing situation. 

Students are looking for job

According to today's paper, about 20% of university graduates(80,000 people) are looking for their job now. It is very serious for our society because we are thinking and teached that graduating from university is good entrance to society. But this situation is changing to somewhere else.

New LDP or New party

Mr. YOSANO,ex-minister of Finance said that he decided to start new political party if LDP(leveral democratic party of Japan) is not change its party-style in BUNGEI-SHUNJU 2010.4. I expect such argument is more activate in this difficult situation of Japanese and World future.

Eco-point

I bought TV and applied eco-point to change e-money. This process was very complexed and difficult to understand. I think that some people are not able to apply.What is the policy that some cannot access because of its misleading procedure??

Public emplyees's reform

According to today's ASAHI GLOBE, many government workers are worrying about how to do in present political leading style. I think this is not so serious problem,because if necessary the government can recruit civil worker from provate sector and present civil workers can change their job to private companies or start their own job's outside the government. And this change may get those people skilled up to survive in this society.

Necessary public facility

According to today's newspaper, Tochigi district changed traffic signs to emission type, traffic accidents decreased remarkably. Drivers can find those signs more quickly at night because they are shining. I think this is neccesory facility,and there may be more neccesary public facility for our safety.  

How to use governmental bank practically

Ministry of national strategy Mr.Sengoku say in NIKKEI BUSINESS, he would like to use governmental bank(JBIC etc) to support and realize policy. This may suggest that there are some room for spending more money to stimulate economy or international contribution.I think that it may be true but more important thing is that those governmental bank could show the new frontier by deciding new loan to venture business or growing companies and can suggest and teach to commercial and private banks loan sections.

New child care plan

Accroding to Today's newspaper, several university will have connection with Wards to support child are and education in Tokyo. I think this is good idea because there are many facilities and able persons inside universities and it will be merit for those persons to take part in those program. This idea may be applied to other schools( prep-school and cram-school ), I think.

Regional holiday

The government is going to change part of  national holiday to regional holiday according to today's paper.The purpose of this policy is to ease the traffic jam or to increase the operating ratio of resort hotel. I think this is not the national matter but local matter. So if necessary, local government should make local holiday,thinking of local conditions.  

Change of company

In today's NIKKEI-SHINBUN column, a long life company is reported.This company is "TAIHEI"in Chiba district.This company is founded in 1695 as liquor brewing industry.And in 1962,this company started new business. That is delivering food ingredients to customers family"TAIHEI-FAMILY-SET". This business grew and grew. I was interested in this change.

Change in entrance exam.

According to magazine(TOYO-KEIZAI), the entrance examination to public combined junior/senior high school is special. It is not test for checking students scholastic ability but thinking power. So this will change the mind of parents and educational companies.I expect this trend lead the figure of examination style in Japan. Because in the real scene, the thinking power is valuable for us to solve the problems.

Substantial construction

According to today's newpapers column, Japanese economical-law is going to be constructed substantially rather than formally. This trend makes change to company management of course. Managers are expected to recognize and understand by what purpose those law regulates. And when company is going to plan new business or M&A, managers must think this demand,I think.