Animation and my childhood I did not watched Japanese animation very much because I was badly off and could not afford to buy television. Classmates loved to watch animations so, In my school, classmates were making reference to them and discussed them. Whenever they reference those shows around me, I pretended understand where the reference come from. If I said that I haven not watched animation, then that causes problems. People look at me in a different way like 'Are you even Japanese?' I thought that Animiations were crucial for kids to make a good relationship in theit school. I just sat through some boring learning Tvshow that we can see on free. It is rerunning now, I saw last week it, that is a throwback to the early days of Heisei Period. After I became high school and purchased computer, finally I got to be able to watch animations via Youtube. But, most of Japanese animations are very long, so I could not watch all episodes. Some parts were deleted due to copyright infringement. They just left hanging. So, I watched the series in which watch episode is a complete story. Still, I feel alienated when my fellows refer to Japanese animation.

Animation and my childhood I did not watched Japanese animation very much because I was badly off and could not afford to buy television. Classmates loved to watch animations so, In my school, classmates were making reference to them and discussed them. Whenever they reference those shows around me, I pretended understand where the reference come from. If I said that I haven not watched animation, then that causes problems. People look at me in a different way like 'Are you even Japanese?' I thought that Animiations were crucial for kids to make a good relationship in theit school. I just sat through some boring learning Tvshow that we can see on free. It is rerunning now, I saw last week it, that is a throwback to the early days of Heisei Period. After I became high school and purchased computer, finally I got to be able to watch animations via Youtube. But, most of Japanese animations are very long, so I could not watch all episodes. Some parts were deleted due to copyright infringement. They just left hanging. So, I watched the series in which watch episode is a complete story. Still, I feel alienated when my fellows refer to Japanese animation.

Mustn't use Gajin? How we say foreigners in Japanese is Gaikokuzin, which stands for 外国( foreign country) and 人(people). But, some people say Gaijin instead of Gaijin. Gaijin means people who came from outside. Here is controversial whether this Gaijin indicates racism against foreign people. Today I would like to show my thought on that. I do not think that this Gaijin is not offensive to foreigners. First off, Gaijin means foreigners literary. I think that there are not huge difference between Gaikokuzin and Gaijin. Personally, I might be cool with it if I was not Japanese and some people said Gaijin to me. Second, Gaijin was not created to discriminate foreign people. There are a lot of words that offend some community such like Jap and Chink. Of course Japanese language have these words that abhor specific communities. We must not use these offensive words forever because these words were created to insult some communities. But, I can not count Gaijin as these insulting because Gaijin is not used to hate somebody. Of course, even we do not say Gaijin in any bad intension, listeners can feel bad. so we have to be careful with saying it, and need to feel the person out whether they are alight or not. Lastly, thinking about if some words have offensive meanings or not is progressive to accept immigrants in Japan. Similarly, Hadairo which means skin color in Japanese are not used anymore in Japan because we can not determine people's skin color by only one words. Japan which is homogenous and xenophobic slowly changing for its future If you know saying 'gaijin', do you think it is racial discrimination or not? please let me know.

Stuck at 1980s The world is upset because of COVID 19. there is no doubt that our everyday lives will be changed. Cultural practices might very well disapper and new practices will be adopted. In Japan, doctors on the vanguard of this epidemic say they are being slowed down as they try to help cases because outdated technology is getting in the way. while other countries track coronavirus with 21th century tech, Japan still relies on that peaked in the 1980s such like FAX and paper documents by hand. I think that the goverment of the coronavirus epidemic exposed the problem of digitalization in Japan. Japanese businessmen who is middle age and spent their young period in the bubble period are incredibly resistant to change. It is about time to start to embrace digital culture as passionately as Japanese young people. my American friend said that Japan have cutting-edge machines but, they do not have goof social system. This pandemic might be changing deeply entrenched rigid behavior.

Stuck at 1980s The world is upset because of COVID 19. there is no doubt that our everyday lives will be changed. Cultural practices might very well disapper and new practices will be adopted. In Japan, doctors on the vanguard of this epidemic say they are being slowed down as they try to help cases because outdated technology is getting in the way. while other countries track coronavirus with 21th century tech, Japan still relies on that peaked in the 1980s such like FAX and paper documents by hand. I think that the goverment of the coronavirus epidemic exposed the problem of digitalization in Japan. Japanese businessmen who is middle age and spent their young period in the bubble period are incredibly resistant to change. It is about time to start to embrace digital culture as passionately as Japanese young people. my American friend said that Japan have cutting-edge machines but, they do not have goof social system. This pandemic might be changing deeply entrenched rigid behavior.

My way which I polished my grammar skill I started to study English seriously from when I was an undergraduate student. I majored in American-English literature. The students who are able to speak English well were a dime a dozen in my department. There are kids that did exchange programs in English speaking country and know English well, but I was the worst student there for sure. 60 percent of classes were delivered in English. Because I am big into English, I could keep up with the class provided in Japanese, but I stumble my way through the discussion class in English. Doctors called on me during their class, but I could not answer property. At the end of the day, some doctors allowed me to answer in Japanese. Even I said in Japanese, my professors let it slide and game me credits in English. It was so mortifying. So, on the winter vacation, I went to my go-to cafeteria to come up with a plan to improve my language skill. My plan was to keep up with my English classes and to tell my thoughts and to gave a presentation in English. I first thought about the reason I could not speak English. The cause of that I struggle to speak English was lack of speaking. I realized that I was not able to say things that even children can say in English. So, I brushed up on the knowledge of English grammar that i learned in the middle school, and turn it into a tool. This is what I did to beef up my grammar skill. I wrote a simple Japanese sentence with basic grammar and a English translation for it. For example, これは本です which means this is a book. When you look at this sentence they look so simple that you might find this practice meaningless. But, if I say ' then say it in English, please.' Many Japanese can not make and say sentences at this beginner level. We know how the grammar and everything works perfectly in our minds, but unless you actually take that knowledge and practice using it. They will nor come out of your mouth smoothly. So, I practiced saying English sentences smoothly just by looking at Japanese translations. Sentences which we use for this training are all simple so, you will get used to it quickly. When you get used to it, try to make the sentence longer. i will use ' this is a book' as an example. これは東京で買った本です( this is a book that I bought in Tokyo) これは去年東京で買った本です(this is a book that I bought in Tokyo last year) Through this practice, I was able to transform my knowledge into a tool.

smoking I have never smoked. My elder brother likes to smoke. From last year, the Health Promotion Law was revised and smoking inside the restaurant was prohibited across the board. Some nonsmoker in Japan said that even though other countries outlaw to smoke inside , Japan still takes only very mild measures against smoking. Some smoker insisted tobaccos are not injurious to others' health, but I can think of three experiences off the top of my head that smokers bothered me such like that the cigarettes smoke irritated my eyes and that the smell got stuck in my cloths. I was glad to introduce a blanket ban on smoking. But, I want nonsmoker not to persecute smokers because of prejudice.

고 투 캠페인(Go to Campaign) 코로나 19 탓에 불황에 빠져 있네요. 일본에서는 본래의 생활로 돌아가고 있습니다. 노래방이나 수족관 등의 오락시설은 입장객수를 제한하고 다시 영업하기 시작했습니다. 외부활동 자제요청이 해제돼 정신을 가다듬고 가급적으로 빨리 코로나와 같이 살아갈 방법을 찾자는 분위기입니다. 이런 상황속에서 정부는 ‘고 투 캠페인(Go to Campaign)’라는 새로운 성명을 냈습니다. 이 성명을 간추려 설명하면 거덜날 위험성이 있는 관광지를 구하기 위해 국민에게 여행을 다닐 것을 추진합니다. 도쿄를 제외한 모든 지역으로 여행을 가면 정부가 여행비의 일부를 부담해 줍니다. 정부의 지원금의 지급함으로써 국민들이 관광지에 놀러갈 가늠이 있답니다. 하지만 각지역의 지사들의 과반수이상이 가능하면 찾아오지 말라달라는 입장입니다. 제일 어이가 없었던 게 이 성명을 7월에 발표됐습니다 .8월에 정부가 새로 국민에게 요청한 일은 여름방학에 고향에 귀성하거나 여행하는 것을 삼가는 것입니다. 여행을 추진하겠다하면서 밖에 나서지 말라는 것입니다. 말그대로 모순이죠. 가히 정부의 부패라 할 수 있겠지요. 어이 없어서 말문이 막혔습니다.