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Do my best for Tibetan people

2008-03-20T17:56:56+01:00

I am deeply concerned about the harsh crackdown on Tibetan protesters in Lhasa and other areas.
I strongly call on Chinese authorities to stop violating Tibetan people and to release the detainee for exercising their freedom of expression, association and assembly.
I claim that Chinese government should have the peaceful and constructive dialogues with the Tibetan government in exile immediately ,in order to recognize the cause of this serious situation.
And also it should allow Journalists to access to Tibet and accept an independent UN investigation into the events in Lhasa.
I think President Hu Jintao should know that we all live in 21st century , not in 20th.
So why don’t we wake him up and make him know World is watching China.
I believe that H.H.the Dalai Lama is only able to lead both parties to the peaceful reconciliation.
Of course, we ,as citizen of the world, must support him as much as possible.
I expect many Chinese citizen will show their friendship.
Pray for the peace of Tibet.

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no war clause(article 9 of the Japanese Constitution)

2007-09-05T17:24:18+02:00

Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution is a "No War" clause.
It went into effect on May 3, 1947.

ARTICLE 9. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.

In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.

I think that Japanese prosperity has been made up on the basis of this "No War" clause.

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good sign in hot summer

2007-09-02T14:43:45+02:00

This summer the Japanese Archipelago baked in extremely hot weather.
Most people were loose like this sleeping cat.

It was good news that DPJ(Democratic Party of Japan) won stunningly in the July 29 Upper House poll.I am independent,but it seems to indicate that the power-shift is inevitable challenging LDP( Liberal Democratic Party) which has dominated Japanese politics for most of the past five decades.I think it is a good sign for the future in our society.

Mr.Ichiro Ozawa(the leader of DPJ) strongly objects to extend an anti-terrorism special measures law which will expire at the end of this October.US government has been anticipating to be extended because this law allows the Maritime Self-Defense Force to provide logistic support in the Indian Ocean to U.S.-led multinational forces in Afghanistan. I suspect this law itself is contrary to the "No War" clause of the Japanese Constitution.
So I agree with Mr.Ozawa's objection.

We, as individuals, must admonish the US government to stop wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as soon as possible.
And we must always promote the transnational cooperation for the peace.

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Introduction

2007-05-25T07:10:03+02:00

I was born and brought up in Tokyo, Japan.
I have recognized that the communication gap has been increasing as much as the economical gap in our society for the last few years.
This situation could be the feature of the developed countries,
but I have the impression that Japan is losing something precious and changing from better to worse.
So I try to figure out what is realy going on
and look at it from a foreigner's point of view by writing this Blog in English.

I wish I get the unusual perspective
and I expect “connect one another”.

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