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It seems that Japan has been failing to educate people properly for over 50 years. Let’s look back 50 years from today, May 15th, 2012. The year was 1962. I was 19 years old. I was freshman after one year of preparation of entrance exam for my favorite college in Tokyo.

Right, it was the era when everybody was saying that we are taking off of the ground for the prosperous economic life. Sales of passenger cars were started to picking up. Yes, it’s like several years back in China.

And I felt that Japan was some 40 years behind America when I had stayed in New York starting in 1967. Right, history does repeat. There will be lots of coutnries line up behind China to earn economic power that will make the nations possible to own passenger cars of their own.

As we gain economic power, it seems that we lose somthing that is related to human nature deep inside. An example: As we gain economic power to purchase TV set, we have lost the precious hour and minutes that made us possible to communicate each other in a family.

As the human beings are the emotional animal, it takes sometime to talk about themselves in their family. TV brought us the hours and minutes to argue what to watch during or after supper. What does that mean? We have lost the precious hour and minutes to know each other. Instead, we became much familirize ourselves with celebrities who appear TV.

Hey, can you tell me the birthday of your cousin? As those noises that were brought in by TV, we had lost contact with our own self as well. At the same time it was the era to start neglecting what we had accumulated during the samurai era, the Japanese culture.

One big thing, I believe, was the mental strength that had been polished and brought up under samurai’s care. Yes, we know samurai was nothing but the worrier in essence and had lost its value of existence over the peace of the nation started in 1610. The fixed social status eventually broke up in 1860es and the new political system had started.

Now 1960es, one hundred years later from the political turn over, the society had started to pursue the economic value. If you look at China from this view point, when could be defied the political turning point? Could that be 100 years ago from 2000+? I mean, could that be around 1900?

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I checked and found that we can say that. Thanks to the Internet. The old China, the feudalism in China had turn over a little before 1900. The Current China republic has established in 1911 as the outcome of Xinhai Revolution and The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen. So, the situation seems to be quite similar.

Well, the education, I was talking about. I was surfing and found a lecture. I cannot recall who has said this. “How can we educate kids who will be leading active life 30 years later from the date of our death? We can not predict that far at all. Then the only thing that we can is to train them so that they can think and decide all by themselves. Only common essence could be the creativity”. I cannot quote exactly how this person said this. But this is my understanding.

Can we be this modesty? I assure you. It’s much easier to condemn kids without a hearing. You can push your point of view all the way.

Besides, we had so many reforms of educational system and the curriculum. There’s alway some kind of inclination to some direction. OK, OK, if you say you haven’t done any of inclination, that’s your opinion on your work, right? How can you be so sure about what you have done?

How were you doing at the age of 29? Well, I was chasing another girl, called up old friends from
high school and went out to pick girls, was playing majan most of the evening after office hours. I
had married at the age of 23. Right! that was the 6th year of marriage.

Parents were healthy and active and earning good .So, I have nothing to worry. Yes, I was commuting to Tokyo as a sales person to my father’s company.

I tell the truth. I was not thinking about anything about future. I am the eldest of the children and I
have took it for granted that I would be succeeding my father’s position. Which means nice chunk of earnings month after month after month after. . . . . Well, there was no other plan than that.

So? Have you watched the broadcast from North Korea? Have you noticed that that sun-of-a-
bitch is fatty? I am saying about Kim Jong-un. He is said to be 29. The third dictatorship of the coutnry.

Korea has analyzed conversations between those nearby standing military personnels and Jong-un. The fatty had kept saying those foolish things. On the other hands, those olds, military personnels covered up their mouth so that no one knows what had said.

TV commentator stated that Jung-un had disentagled from the unanious pressure from preceeding speech to the North Korean people, who were attending the military parade that was celebrating 100th birthday of the country. That is why he started conversation with people around him on the stand.

That is understandable. I smelled signes that he is a nomal person and is not determined to lead the country. His personality is not up to the job assigned. Besides, he has not tasted the real meaning of dictatorship as yet. Right, he may be killed once he’ll fail to motivate nation properly respect him and his family.

He was sent to Swiss. He has experienced and felt the touch of freedom. He is and was free from anything regardless where he was. Which makes him difficult to realize how his country is built. Don’t you think?

Being the dictatorship and do not know the real value and peril of it, what can Kim Jong-un, the fatty do? You’ll act naturally. right? As I have said, being 29 years old, he requires the opposite sex, sex partner or partners. Now you realize what I have said one of the blog posts several month ago.

Sooner or later China will send beaty so that he will dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure. Jong-un then start neglecting his role and which induce the power struggle between the family as well as family and the military. Then China will bring him out of the country. This conspiracy will be carried out by China along with CIA, I presume. Then what? Then there will be power struggle in North Korea that only lead the country to final revolution. That should be nice.

Japanese government has agreed with exporting atomic power generator to Vietnum. Several Vietnamese operators-to-be have started to learn its control this month. Well, that’s nice.

The TV program showed an interview with a few of the residents within 10km radius of the atomic plant in Vietnum. He put it; “I had visited Fukushima that the tsunami hit last year. And had learned that there were so many people living close to the plant. That had told me that the plant should be safe.” Yes, he has learned that that very place has been hit hard by tsunami and the town he had visited had to be evacuated as the consequence. He said; “We can do nothing for Tsunami and the earthquake. So, there is no reason to worry about it. It coule be the intention of the God”

Well said.

I have been watching the discussion on this issue. For one, I’ll be dead by the time when next severe earthquake hit Japan, well, hopefully. Otherwise I’ll be havng hard time. I have been lucky enough to avoid the worst outcome till now. So, there’s no reason that I get involved in any at the last stage of my life, right?. Yeah, that sounds pretty close what the Vietnumese has said.

During this past year, nobody seemed to have said what I have been expected to hear. That is the life of pre-atomic energy era. I was born in 1943. I had spend my enfant age in poor. Well that was the poverty that covered all over Japan. Wealth was exceptional. Even the most powerful politician was poor at that time. We’ve been defeated.

Yes, we had lots of electricity stoppage. Yes, we could not afford to have tasty juicy meat. Right, the oranges and apples were sour than sweet. But vegitable were fresh out from the field nearby. Nobody around had automobile of any kind. But we were happier than present. Why? We didn’t know what the luxury was. The luxury of having electoricity abundance. The luxury of driving and running much faster than running by ourselves. Watching TV to know what’s happening. But what does that mean?

Nobody says that we will stand the less electricity by cutting down the use of air conditioning, by walking further distance for shopping. We can set up home office that can eliminate the energy consumption on commuting. If that can be done, we can cut electricity for trains and spare it for homes.

We can set up small shops in a community and eliminate the large electricity consuming shopping mall. Yes, I am pretty well aware that there should be a certain economic scale to cut down the cost. Yes, I am pretty aware that those movement is against the capitalism, if ever happens.

Then, we have to revise the definition of capitalism. yes, I agree that capitalism has been the most effective motivational reason for better cost. It’s been proven so far. But now we may have to change it to the next theory.

Japan has started to decrease its population. Currently 32% of the population is occupied by age over 60. One third of the population is the senior. This does take effect on consumption pattern as you may guess. Car doesn’t sell as used to. In 2007, the number of birth started to be lower than the number of death. That means our poppulation had destined to decrease in 2007. Awful, isn’t it.

There are enough reason to cut down energ consumption. This age group discussion alone can contribute large part on this discussion, I assume. But alas! Nobody says that! It is the common sense that you have to give up one way to realize the other way. No politician says that. I know, everyone of the politicians, without exception, consider himself over the nation. Right, they think they can survive without the nations. Thye are fool, aren’t they.

You may feel sorry if you were younger than 40. But this is the reality you must be facing 20 years or 30 years later.

A lady or I’d better say woman who does not seem to have any objective of living, age 84 has decided to live in one of those public carehome in Niigata. Yes, she could be anyone living much longer than expected and cannot think of what to do next. Niigata is located facing the Sea of Japan that is the other side of the main island of Japan from Tokyo. They were struck by that natural disaster, the earthquake of last March 11th.

They are under the severe snow storm right now. They have been hit by heavy snow every few days and the snow accumulated to go over their windows of the first floor and reaching half way to the windows of second floor. She habitually fight with snow as she had been doing since her youth when there were family in that house.

She has been forced to remove snow from her roof every other day of past one month. Hey she is 84! She had lost her husband 6 years ago. No child to live with. There was no way to have help because the snow blocks the passage to her area.

Can you imagine what her life have been? No, I’m not saying how she gets over the snow storm but her life itself. Let me repeat, she is 84, lost her husband, no child around, she lives alone in a house that had been hit by the eathquake last year and has not been fixed as yet to her satisfaction.

She may be buried by the weight of snow any minutes now. She does not want to leave the house that is packed with memories of her past, that she can be as she wish. But she has decided to leave it for she has been forced to accept that she can no longer fight with nature.

What she had been doing those past years of, let’s say after her age of 65? There are lots of similar stories have been revealed after the eathquake. Those stories would not have been come to the surface unless the eathquake had left them alone.

I am 69 on 12th this February. Right! I just had my birthday. Well, tell you the truth, nobody came to celebrate my birthday. No birthday gift, nor mail. Well yes, I got several message through my FaceBook.

How long am I to live? Nobody knows. Can I be 84 years old? I don’t know but I bet I won’t. Becasue of my prostate cancer, I won’t be able to live that long. Then how long? Do I realy wish to know that? I cannot tell. For the time being, I can read, type, listen and talk. But what then if I lose any of those ability?

I run anti aging site here and talking about the tips of living told by Ekken Kaibara who died at 1704 at his age of 84. He lived much longer than the average of the era. He tells us nice tips and hints to lead healthy life, but doesn’t tell us what we should be doing. Right, nobody tells you what you should be doing as you age. That is the question and there are numerous answers but won’t fit any unless you devise one for yourself by yourself.

We re suffering from the Tsunami effect and nulear power plant in Fukushima.

There is a macadam, rubble supplier in Fukushima that is located at north by north west of the nuclear
plant, approx. 21km away from it. They sent out their stock to various construction sites without
having enough knowledge about nuclear power.

A person who has bought a radioactivity measuring device have happened to measure the redsidual
radioactivity around his house and found that the radioactivity of certain spots were measured higher
than the other area. He made notice about it for the measurement was in excess of the annual
permissible amount.

The city office found that all of the spots were covered with new concrete work. Then they found this macadam, rubble supplyer of above. The problem is that this supplyer sell their products throughout Japan. The rubbles were mixed with concrete and have been used for construction job.

Those rubbles were stored under a roof but otherwise exposed to the air. The city officials have found
out that the rubbles buried deep under the pile stock had less radioactivity if compared to ones on
the surface. Which apprently means that the pile of rubbles has been conterminated by the air blowing from the direction of the nuclar plant.
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This is terrifying. There could have been same at Chernobyl. Thing is that we cannot see the
radioactivity flying in the air. You inhale it, you got trouble that remains in your body after your death.

Right, death doesn’t separate you from its possible cause.

Now, I heard a news saying that EU agreed to ban the oil import from Iran. Japan is left alone now. Why don’t we invite Iranian people to our nuclear plant? And tell everyone of them how wonderful it is to have the system that enables the nation commit suicide.

There could be numerous reason why Iranians sticks to it. America is the one big reason. Do I think
Iran actually set barrier in Srait of Hormuz? They sure would. Otherwise their god won’t allow them to
survive. It’s not how effectively they set the barrier but the action to do so is the point. It is not the government officials but the public that are force to pay the price. So, we, Japanese Government can extend a help to save both Iranian government and that big fat selfish Americans’ face. Or we will be destructing our economy because of the higher energy cost.

Can Mr. Noda do that? No way, man, no way . . . . . . . I’d better die than seeing another contermination of the ocean so close to that of Italian cruiseship accident. OK, it is not yet. But, who knows. . . .

It’s been a while since I have posted last time. I was too busy checking your submissions. Well, it’s been too much submissions, matter of fact, 3-500 a day. Some people submit 20-30 articles. As I have warned on this blog, I do not accept more than 6 articles a day.

The date may not fit your date. I am living in GMT+9 hour area.

Yet, if you insist, you can send me $10 monthly so that I will work harder to let you post as many articles as you wish. Otherwise, stop submitting more than 6 a day. It is waste or your time and mine as well.

Now Kim Jong-il is dead! His third son Jong-un seems to have been appointed as the third dictator of the family. He is young. Too young. We are hoping to see some kind of social turn over, right? He is born in January 1984 and is 27, twenty-seven? My, my.

What were you doing at your age of twenty-seven? I was leaving from New York and heading my hometown Yokohama after spending 5 years there. Am I ready to earn myself? No way. I had been employed by my father and sent to New York under his wing. I was not prepared to earn myself. Or, to be honest with you, I did not know what I was expected to do or how I should behave then.

When father of Mr. Jong-il was dead in 1994, he was 52. Right, Jong-il was born in 1942. I was born 1943. So I am his age. His birthday was February 16th and mine was 12th of February. So we are under same constellation. Well, yes, I feel like I have to follow him. So, Jong-il was old enough to talk to the circle of old people around his dad. Yet, he took 5-7 years till he came up front of the political scene.

The result?Yes, as you are well aware of, he had to go along with the military group. He had to spend so much money for them. He had to take fighting pose against USA, South Korea and Japan. Worst of all was that the political turn over of the so-called Socialist countries. Russia has gone. The east Germany had dead in 1989. And number of socialist countries were all gone with Russia. North Korea had lost the economic back-up from those countries. Then there must have been famine.

The era hs changed a lot if you compare with 1994. Internet is here to stay and they cannot ignore it. There are rich people emerged from no where. Besides, there is Mac, you know that?I am talking about the hamburger stand. Now the son is mere 27 years old.

Old military personnel who have been with Jong-il cannot know him well. There are over two generations gap in between. Is it possible to understand the basic mentality of your grand son? If you insist, I am quite doubtful. Besides, the successor has learned at school in Swiss. There’s no other Korean there, I assume.

So, here is the scenario of the death of the dictatorship. Jong-un, the successor who had learned in Swiss, has the intention to open up the country. No, he cannot be that fool as opening North Korea right away. He knows that he has to hide the intention a while. Let’s say until he will have some kind mutual understanding of basic concept of the political route to take with the military.

In that concept, he will assure the military group that he won’t cut the expenditure more than 5% annual. And he will promise that he won’t cut the current top personnel out of the offices. He needs a few years at the least just to make the promise realistic. It may take several years unless some of the top personnel will dies of the age.

The thing is if he can be patience for that long. if he ever start taking action other direction, he will be the dead man at the very moment. Then what? Yes, you guessed right. There emerges the final Military Government on the earth that has nuclear weapon in hand. It could be 2020 when North Korea come to occupy Japan.

I sincerely hope that Mr. Kim Jong-un can stand the pressure from military. For that matter, I won’t protest the death of public for famine. Do you? I’ll be dead till then though, my son and daughter are here. . . . . . my goodness.

I was watching the demo in NY city. It’s been understandable though was terrifying matter. It could suggest that the end of Capitalism in American sense. The Communism had been demolished, well, on the surface, if you feel that way. China is doing other type of communism if compared to the Russian’s one.

But I think China is transforming its politic style rather nicely. The matter is that they misunderstand the human nature. It has been too fast for most of the nation so that they have been terrified and rush to stock their own capital to protect themselves. That could be why there are so many bribe in China now.

America had done a few thing to ruin the Japanese economy so that they won’t be able to catch up America right after the WW2, no, it is not the Wii but world war 2. Starting 1945, GHQ designated the dissolution of the zaibatsu. Zaibatsu Dissolution in Japan

What America did was to dissolve all of the holding company and let them spew up their asset. At the same time, America, well, the GHQ rather, to be exact, had helped Japanese government of the time to proceed with the land reform. That is to resolve the huge land holders to spew up their asset to the poor peasants who actually had harvested from the land by renting it from the holders.

As the consequences, there were no large capital holders to tow the Japanese economy from ground up. The irony was that it had been them who had been forming the core of those zaibatsu or huge land holders to be able to first form the sizable asset several years later as the Japanese economy regained their power.

So, America, you know what to do. Do what you have done to Japan right now to realize the transformation of Capitalism to the, well, revised capitalism? You can do it, right?

Bushi-Do=武士道 = The samurai way to live is to die before actually die. Hey, It’s a funny way to put it, is it?

Japaneses love to make things the educational material. We have Ka-do（華道）that means “the way to correctly arrange your flowers for the occasion”, Ka-do(歌道) that means “the way to correctly write the poem in the format of 31 characters”, Karate-do(空手道） that means “the way to correctly interpret your power of fighting with Karate for the wealneｓｓth of the people around you” and so force.

Like wise, Bushi-do is to learn the way of daily living of samurai. The textbook “Hagakure”　originally was written in 1716 by a samurai living in Kyushu island, the western part of Japan. The era is pretty close to the publication of Yojokun in 1714. (See “http://antiagingcouples.com/blog/“) ::

“DO”(”O” pronounces as “taught, all, door” and etc.)

I was reading a book called “Bushi-do toha shinukoto to mitsuketari” means Bushi-do is to die in preparation of own death. It requires further explanation, of course. The book was written by Kei-ichiro Ryu, born in 1923 and died in 1989. Right it’s his death anniversary, November 4th. He wrote novels for the last 5 years and this book is his posthumous work. It hasn’t been completed. If he live a month more, it could have been the great final work.

But of course, this is hilarious as it is. The main character, Mokunosuke Saito, dies every morning before he wakes up. He imagines his death scene and experiences the imagination in full extent. He feels the sword cut through his neck and feels his blood burst out from carotid and as the burst subsides, he terminates his breathing.　

Next day, he might die by the simple thrust of a spear into his breast. He start the imagination as he is wearing armor. He’s been fighting for 2 hours and was sitting on a stone to take a rest after the winning. He took off his armor. 10-15 minutes later, an enemy came out of nowhere and thrust him right on the chest where cannot be attacked if he were wearing armor. He accepted the death for he was not cautious enough to prepare the unexpected.

This novel is hilarious for the character himself and two of his friends. They are not afraid of the death at all. Then they are not afraid of their master. They know the sword fighting is not the technique but the guts and the speed. If he cut the head of the enemy faster than the enemy cut your right arm off of you, you win. It is as simple as that.

Like wise since they die every morning, they are not the living creature during the daytime. Then they can say anything that they believe or good for the others. Of course their eyes are dead but see everything. Imagine what the life would be! Cannot imagine that?If there’s someone who wishes to translate it into English, I’ll help.It sure would sell a lot. No, not to women but to the men, the real men.

That’s a news. He was 56 years old. I envy him a lot. ‘cuase he’s gone at his height. It is true that I should not compare myself to him. He is a kind of genius and me, the average, or a bit lower than that without any proud resume to tell.

Yet, if he live longer, let’s say for another 10 years, I don’t think that he will be able to announce such innovative products as iPhone or iPad. Why? Well, I call it the age. And tell you this as well. Age means not only the age since the birth of a humane being but also the era of the Global social stage. Yes, I agree that he could be excellent social leader. But who knows if he wishes to be the one. There is larger chance that he wishes to be the leader of the trade.

I am pretty sure that he hasn’t wanted to be dead. But for us, as the fans of him, we should celebrate that we would not be seeing him struggling to survive and losing Apple again in the end.

I checked through internet and found that it was 1984 when MaCintosh was announced. I bought one. They had trouble with Japanese language though, I was so impressed with the design and the software that came with it. I remember buying MacPoject. That was the first ever planning tool that had graphical interface, wasn’t it? Is there anyone who remember that the mouse has been integrated with the Apple machines first? Yeah, that was fun, men, fun, just fun.

But as the eighties went by, Microsoft were taking over the market. They first started out without mouse but had made it available around mid 80es? I cannot recall precisely. It is amazing Mr. Jobbs made comeback with iTunes. And the trouble he had with his prime business partner was not the story I wanted to hear. That story makes me believe that he has a certain limitation in his business concept.

Well anyway, in regard to his effect to American economy, it comes to the end. Now, America, unless that guy who is leading electric automobile Tesla become successful, you won’t be able to have another viable manufacturing economy. Consequently, you won’t be able to enjoy the luxury of sending your armies to the every corner of this globe. I will talk on national economy next, within 2 weeks. well, if i don’t forget.

I was reading a samurai novel written by Yo Tsumoto. Yes, we have plenty supply of samurai novels and there are number of excellent story tellers in this field. I dare not search for the sales data of them though, I assure you that samurai stories could be one of the most popular category of all. I’d dare say that it exceeds the Manga for sure. It usually is called as “Kengo” novels whereas “Kengo” means the master of sword fight.

Now the novel I was reading was one of “Kengo” novels and the story of the fictional biography of Hyogonosuke Yagyu. Yagyu is originated in the area where was hit by current typhoon 12 and located pretty close where Ninja was originated. Yagyu had been designated as the swordmanship of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Munenori Yagyu who teached the first Shogun was the uncle to Hyogonosuke and the story ttalked about the most interesting ara of Japanese history, around the beginning of 17th century.

In the story, the author Tsumoto had nicely tried to explain what the real swordmanship should be. The basic concept lies in Zen. I believe Zen is the ultimate way of self development. It may be considered as a part of Buddhism though, I believe there is profound enough conception of Zen that separate it from Buddhism in general. Ever heard of a phrase “There will be a place as you throw off of yourself”? In Japanese it is written as “Mi wo sutete koso ukabu semo a-re”(身を捨ててこそ浮かぶ瀬もあれ）。　It means; if you forget about yourself to serve others, you will be able to live long by having the suitable position in the society for yourself.

Now the swordmanship concept that was develped further by Hyogonosuke Yagyu and his descendents.
It is called as “Teaching of Heijou-sin” means the “teaching of the calm state of your mind ” means, that is “Teaching how your mind should be during the sword fighting and the conclusion is that it is the best to keep your mind calm to earn the best result”. It is easy, right? Well, is it? I bet nobody but nobody can keep their mind calm by seeing sword coming to kill you, don’t you think? Imagine, You know your oponent has sword or bowgun is set and the arrow has sharp spear that is aiming you. Or, this is the first fight with real sword. You have been learning sword fight with wood sword and have a few experiences hit by it. Right you were hurt but not killed. But this time you are to fight with real sword and the oponent is coming to you to kill. Then how can you keep your mind calm? That the teaching of Yagyu swordmanship. Here is what the hereditary of Yagyu says in their book:

“It is wrong to single-mindedly wish the victory. It is wrong to single-mindedly wish to utilize what one has learned. It is wrong to single-mindedly wish to fight with what has learned. It is wrong to single-mindedly wish to beat the oponent. It is wrong to single-mindedly wish to wait the oponent come. It is wrong to single-mindedly wish to avoid the wrong. Whatever the reason may be it is wrong to single-mindedly wish what you wish for. All of those wrong is in your mind so it is the best to throw off all of your wish. Then there is the chance to keep you mind calm.

A little further explanation: Whenever you look into your mind you will find some kind of wish, hope, fear, anxiety and such sentiment. Yagyu says that the calm mind has nothing of these. Your mind should be empity. If you mind is preoccupied with sentiment, you will no be able to react to the oponent fast enough to win. We call the mind status as “Mu-nen-Muso” means “No thinking, No image” that equals to “Empity”. Got that?

This concept of your mind has something common to the way of thinking “Give before you earn”, is it?

This mentality can be applied whenever you fight. It may be those team plays of football, basketball and those indivisual play of boxing, fencing and etc.