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Jan. 15th, 2006 @ 10:04 am ブログ、閉鎖へ
Current Mood: workingworking
このブログ、閉鎖しようかと思っています。
もう必要性を感じなくなりました。
英語版は残します。

現在、別の日本語ブログを鋭意運営中。

さようなら、LiveJournal。
元気でね、Frank
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Dec. 30th, 2005 @ 11:59 pm そうか、分かったぞ!
Current Mood: hornyhorny
英語ブログがうまくアップデートできない理由が分かったぞ。
こちらの英語の記事は間もなく消去して、英語版の方に移す予定。
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Dec. 13th, 2005 @ 11:59 pm Cold
Current Mood: coldcold
It's the coldest day of the winter. A cold air mass over Japanese archipelago brings heavy snow to a part of Japanese archipelago today.

It's also snowing in my region. I shoveled snow. When I lived in the region where snow don't fall very much, I wanted to see more snow. Now, I don't. I don't want to see snow.

One man, who lived in Nagoya where snow don't fall and now live in my region, was pleased to see snow. But I guess the man will not be pleased to see snow after a several years.

I'm writing this blog sitting under the kotatsu, Japanese foot warmer with frame and coverlet. I don't turn on kerosene heater very much, because I want to lower heating bill and going to buy kerosene is cumbersome. :-p
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Dec. 12th, 2005 @ 11:59 pm Japanese Don't Want to Eat US Beaf
As you know, Japanese government decided to partly lift ban on US beef today.

But I'm sorry to say, many Japanese don't think beef from the US are safe to eat. An acquaintance of mine said, "I don't eat US beaf. US beef must not be safe."

Suppliers hear consumer's voice. Most catering industries and supermarkets in Japan seems not to import US beef for the time being.

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I guess those who don't want to US beef don't necessarily hate US. But Japanese tend to sensitive to safety. Japanese want to protect their safety even if they pay higher cost or feel inconvenienced.

Me? I can't afford to buy beef. Whether US beef is imported or not, it doesn't matter to me.
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Dec. 11th, 2005 @ 11:59 pm One Teacher Murdered A Student
To children, there may be no secure places in Japan.

A sixth grade girl was murdered at a cram school in Kyoto, western Japan. The criminal was a part-time teacher at the cram school.

Teacher murdered student.

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According to the media, the part-time teacher is a 23-years old university student. He took two knives and a hammer into classroom. At the classroom, he moved all students except the girl, and murdered the girl with him knife at the isolated room.

The president of the cram school said, the relationship between the suspect and the girl was deteriorating. The suspect said, "When I quarreled with her, I ger furious, and murdered her." But the police think it is a premeditated crime.
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Dec. 10th, 2005 @ 11:59 pm Photoshop Plug-in for Creating Nengajou
In Japan Nengajou, New Year's card, is more important than Christmas Card. Cristmas Card is not Japanese customs. Most people send Nengajou, but few people send Christmas Card.

I browsed web sites written in English to find softwares that may be useful to create Nengajou. I have Photoshop Elements, image-editing software, so I searched Photoshop Plug-in yesterday. Downloading Plug-in from web sites uses large memory. I rebooted my computer again and again.

I'm going to visit other web sites to find fonts or other software or tips. As far as fonts, we can find a lot of funny free English fonts. But we can't find Japanese ones very much. I guess that's because English fonts are easy to crate. Only 52 characters. But Japanese are not. Japanese has tremendous characters, Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana. Creating Japanese fonts are costly matters.

I want to create Nengajou with interesting English fonts. But that is difficult. I have to send Nengajou to older people. They think in general Nengajou should be written mainly in Japanese, because Nengajou is traditional customs in Japan and they can't read English.
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Dec. 9th, 2005 @ 11:59 pm Shiwasu Cumbersome
December is one of the busiest month for Japanese.

In Japan December is usually called "12 gatsu." But sometimes it is also called "Shiwasu." The origin of the word "Shiwasu" is "It is so busy that teachers run around." But those who run around is not only teachers. I don't understand why the word focuses on teachers.

On Shiwasu, most Japanese household are busy preparing for Oseibo (year-end gift), Nengajou (new years card), and doing Osouji (housecleaning), etc. I guess many Japanese feel some of them are very cumbersome. But they do that every year, because they think they are Japanese traditional custom.

I say some of them should be abolished. For instance, nengajou. It's a new years card made from paper. Most Japanese exchange paper cards at January 1. But I say this is a digital age.

Shiwasu is a difficult month to manage my time. I want to minimize wasted time, such as creating nengajou.
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Dec. 8th, 2005 @ 11:59 pm Spirited Away ?
Three children were killed or disappeared one after another in Japan, and that shocked to Japanese people. Parents who have children become sensitive to safety.

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[Hiroshima]

In Hiroshima, western Japan, a first grade girl was found killed on November 22. A few days later, one Peruvian man was arrested for killing the girl.

[Tochigi]

In Tochigi, eastern Japan, another first grade girl was killed on December 2. One part of her school road was deserted street, and the road has been pointed out to be danger for kids.
Criminals have not been arrested yet.

[Nagano]

In Nagano, central Japan, a fifth grade boy disappeared while he were taking a walk on December 3. The boy has not been found yet.
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Dec. 7th, 2005 @ 11:59 pm Serious Construction Fraud Shocked Japanese archipelago 3
Those who received criticisms are not only Aneha. But also Aneha's customers, who are suspected of directing to reduce the number of steel rods. Inspection agencies, who can't notice forged Quake-proofing data, are also criticized.

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On November 29, Aneha, and his customers, and inspection agencies are summoned to the Lower House Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee. Most of them attended the committee, but Aneha was absent. Aneha said, "I can't go out because of fear." One residents who live in condominium buit by Aneha said, "Aneha should attend the committee and disclose the truth. Aneha said he felt fear. But our fear is nothing compared with you."

In the end, the committee was held with Aneha's absence. At the committee, Aneha's customers and inspection agencies didn't admit their responsibilities. They shifted their responsibilities onto each other.

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On December 8, the Lower House Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee held second time interview. But Aneha was absent again.

The Lower House Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee agreed to summon Aneha as a sworn witness to the Parliament.

(End)
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Dec. 6th, 2005 @ 11:59 pm Serious Construction Fraud Shocked Japanese archipelago 2
The case has been shocked among Japanese nations.

Japanese nations, especially resident in condominium buildings, worried about their houses' security. Japan is earthquake country.

Tsutomu Takebe, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, made a controversial remark. "If we look for bad man from the beginning to end, condominium industry will collapse. Real estate industry becomes weak. It is the problem that can harm Japanese economy." Takebe was criticized for not considering the problem from the nations' point of view.

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More stressed people are those who live in condominiums which are built by Aneha. When strong earthquake happen, their residence may collapse, because their condominiums are short of steel rods.

Government announced assistance measures for residents. According to the measures, municipal corporations buy the condominiums and pull down. Then they build new codominiums and provide residents.

(To be continued)
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