Article title:Iran police move into fashion business
Journal: BBC
published: Tuesday, 2 January 2007, 09:59 GMT
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It is the first time live models have been allowed to appear in a fashion show in post-revolutionary Iran. There is a certain intention in which police [conservative people] want to encourage women to wear islamic costume [chadr], instead of weatern clothes. The idea of chadr is to keep women safe with enveloping their bodys in black clothes properly. Some women said that chadl is to expensive, not fashionable, unconfortable, and difficult to wear. So designers have made new styles of chadr and try to change the image of chadr. And there're different reactions toward the fashion show.
my opinion
It's a issue connected with the riligion, politics and the indivisuality. So it's difficult to say "I think ..., so it's right ot wrong." I guess that there is no right or wrong answer, the important point is sticking a balance between some factors[-the riligion, politics, the indivisualitu and so on.]
2007年7月21日土曜日
Fans finally receive Potter book
Article title:Fans finally receive Potter book
Journal: BBC
published:Saturday, 21 July 2007, 08:28 GMT 09:28 UK
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Finally the latest Harry Potter book has snapped up across the world.The book was released at the witching hour of midnight BST, meaning that in other countries in late tame or eary morning people have to wait in front of book shops. However it was like a kind of event or party. People put on coustumes, face-painting and wand-making like charecters in the story.
Author JK Rowling said the climax of the story can be upsetting for some people. Harry Potter has become a global phenomenon released in 93 countries with 325 million books already sold.
I'm concerned how many people have to cry becouse of it all over the world :)
Journal: BBC
published:Saturday, 21 July 2007, 08:28 GMT 09:28 UK
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Jul,21,at18:27
Finally the latest Harry Potter book has snapped up across the world.The book was released at the witching hour of midnight BST, meaning that in other countries in late tame or eary morning people have to wait in front of book shops. However it was like a kind of event or party. People put on coustumes, face-painting and wand-making like charecters in the story.
Author JK Rowling said the climax of the story can be upsetting for some people. Harry Potter has become a global phenomenon released in 93 countries with 325 million books already sold.
I'm concerned how many people have to cry becouse of it all over the world :)
Military service for all Ugandans
Article title:Military service for all Ugandans
Journal: BBC
published:Friday, 20 July 2007, 08:56 GMT 09:56 UK
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Military training is to be made compulsory for all Ugandans, the ruling party has announced.
President Yoweri Museveni retired from army in 2004, to meet a legal requirement which bars serving solidiers from being active members of a political party.
Oppsision party said, "This is a gimmick for the party to siphon money from the treasury."
my opinion
Uganda has got a huge problem of child soldieres.
What can happen with this situation...?
Journal: BBC
published:Friday, 20 July 2007, 08:56 GMT 09:56 UK
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Jul,21,at17:57
Military training is to be made compulsory for all Ugandans, the ruling party has announced.
President Yoweri Museveni retired from army in 2004, to meet a legal requirement which bars serving solidiers from being active members of a political party.
Oppsision party said, "This is a gimmick for the party to siphon money from the treasury."
my opinion
Uganda has got a huge problem of child soldieres.
What can happen with this situation...?
Language expert finds Japanese people 'hilarious'
Article title:Language expert finds Japanese people 'hilarious'
Journal: Kyodo news
published:Friday, July 19, 2007
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It's about Japanese language and culture.
Matthew Fargo, a language expert, says "I think Japanese people have a wonderful sense of humor, so I don't know why people think Japanese people are serious. I think Japanese people are hilarious. They're making me laugh more than anybody".
At first he was interested in japanese literature and now his works cover the fields of translation of writen Japanese, spoken Japanese and even the explaning japanese new words such as "akibakei".
He mentioned about Japanese culture, and there are remarkable comments.
"The Japanese language is open to homonyms and puns. Japanese people love words, so they always play with them and make new words. "
"Japan is often seen as a rigid society, where social pressures deny people their full range of expression. This is not true. What is acceptable to say depends on who's around,"
Journal: Kyodo news
published:Friday, July 19, 2007
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Jul,21,at17:07
It's about Japanese language and culture.
Matthew Fargo, a language expert, says "I think Japanese people have a wonderful sense of humor, so I don't know why people think Japanese people are serious. I think Japanese people are hilarious. They're making me laugh more than anybody".
At first he was interested in japanese literature and now his works cover the fields of translation of writen Japanese, spoken Japanese and even the explaning japanese new words such as "akibakei".
He mentioned about Japanese culture, and there are remarkable comments.
"The Japanese language is open to homonyms and puns. Japanese people love words, so they always play with them and make new words. "
"Japan is often seen as a rigid society, where social pressures deny people their full range of expression. This is not true. What is acceptable to say depends on who's around,"
Tokyo hosts world's top refugee film fest
Article title:Tokyo hosts world's top refugee film fest
Journal: Kyodo news
published:Friday, July 20, 2007
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The United Nations High Commission on Refugees [UNHCR] launched the secound annual Refugee Film Festival at venues toroughtout Tokyo on Jul 18th.
According to the UNHCR, now there are about 33milion refugees in the world, and the reality of the their life is so myserable... but not only that, you can see the strange hopefulness as well from Sudanese and Ugandan refugees, and child soldiers.
The idea of this festival is to provide little insight into the heart of the issue. What is a refugee exactly? What does it mean to live as a refugee? What of the pain and sadness, the hopes and dreams of these many millions of human beings?
my oinion
you can have chance to go there ~26th.
have a look here, if you find it interesting ↓
Journal: Kyodo news
published:Friday, July 20, 2007
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Jul,21,at16:28
The United Nations High Commission on Refugees [UNHCR] launched the secound annual Refugee Film Festival at venues toroughtout Tokyo on Jul 18th.
According to the UNHCR, now there are about 33milion refugees in the world, and the reality of the their life is so myserable... but not only that, you can see the strange hopefulness as well from Sudanese and Ugandan refugees, and child soldiers.
The idea of this festival is to provide little insight into the heart of the issue. What is a refugee exactly? What does it mean to live as a refugee? What of the pain and sadness, the hopes and dreams of these many millions of human beings?
my oinion
you can have chance to go there ~26th.
have a look here, if you find it interesting ↓
Punished teachers lose 'Kimigayo' suit
Article title:Punished teachers lose 'Kimigayo' suit
Journal: Kyodo news
published:Friday, July 20, 2007
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The Tokyo District Court turend down a lawsuit by 130 teachers who had been punised and forced to go through a "retraining program" for refusing to stand and face the Hinomaru flag [the natonal flag] and to sing "Kimigayo" [anthem] at school events.
Journal: Kyodo news
published:Friday, July 20, 2007
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Jul,21,at15:43
The Tokyo District Court turend down a lawsuit by 130 teachers who had been punised and forced to go through a "retraining program" for refusing to stand and face the Hinomaru flag [the natonal flag] and to sing "Kimigayo" [anthem] at school events.
The teachers's idea is that they were violated their freedom of thought and conscinece. So, they sought 10.000yen in damages each to Tokyo Metropolitan Government. however, the presiding judge said that there was no evidence that Tokyo Metropolitan Goverment had ordered the retraining program.
my opinion
There are some cases like that in japan at public schools. But I feel most adults[parents, teachers even mass media] don't want to talk about this issue. i think it's a important problem, and we have to deal with it.
2007年6月18日月曜日
G8 leaders reach $60bn Aids deal
Article title:G8 leaders reach $60bn Aids deal
Journal: BBC
published:2007/06/08 16:21:20 GMT
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G8 leaders have vowed to deliver on pledges to Africa with agreement on a ＄60 bn package for fighting Aids, malaria and TB. However, Bob Geldof, who is an anti-poverty campaigner, said "This wasn't serious, this was a total farce" with disappontment. Because the fact is that it's not the first pledges to help African countries. The G8 nations had pledges in 2005, but they hadn't met their commitment. So the anti-porverty campainers said that instead of re-committing to the promises made two years ago, the G8 leaders had to get serious and deliver.
Journal: BBC
published:2007/06/08 16:21:20 GMT
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, 2007/06/11
G8 leaders have vowed to deliver on pledges to Africa with agreement on a ＄60 bn package for fighting Aids, malaria and TB. However, Bob Geldof, who is an anti-poverty campaigner, said "This wasn't serious, this was a total farce" with disappontment. Because the fact is that it's not the first pledges to help African countries. The G8 nations had pledges in 2005, but they hadn't met their commitment. So the anti-porverty campainers said that instead of re-committing to the promises made two years ago, the G8 leaders had to get serious and deliver.
G8 leaders agree to climate deal
Article title:G8 leaders agree to climate deal
Journal: BBC
Published:2007/06/07 17:04:40
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summary
G8 nations have agreed to seek "substantial" cuts in emmissions to tackle climate change in order to make a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol by the end of 2009. The German chancecellor said "We agreed... that CO2 emissions must first be stopped and then followed by substantial reductions".
my opinin
1 However there is a luck of precise definiton of "substantial cuts".
2 US's attitude toward the issue is a sigificant point
3 developing nations should also join the discussion
Journal: BBC
Published:2007/06/07 17:04:40
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, 2007/06/11
summary
G8 nations have agreed to seek "substantial" cuts in emmissions to tackle climate change in order to make a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol by the end of 2009. The German chancecellor said "We agreed... that CO2 emissions must first be stopped and then followed by substantial reductions".
my opinin
1 However there is a luck of precise definiton of "substantial cuts".
2 US's attitude toward the issue is a sigificant point
3 developing nations should also join the discussion
2007年6月11日月曜日
Olympic firms 'abusing workers'
Article title: Olympic firms 'abusing workers'
Journal: BBC News
Published: Sunday, 10 June 2007, 21:48 GMT 22:48 UK
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2007/06/11 8:30 a.m.
A report said, some official merchandise for the 2008 Olympics in China has been made by child labour, moreover they were forced overtime work with low wages.
According to Playfair - an alliance of world trade unions -, it found abuses at the factories which make official Olympic caps, bags and stationary.
however, those companies have denied the claims and company manager Michael Lee told the BBC "It's not true, we work for some of the best brand names in the world and they check our company every month."
there are some enplyees' comments who work at the factories interviewed by BBC."We follow all the government regulations here so I'm not sure where these complaints have come from."
"I cannot agree with the report, our plant is making bags for the Olympics. Our working hours are 8am to 6pm - no extended hours, no child labour."
Two sides express tortally opposite conditions like above. We have to see this issue carefully.
Journal: BBC News
Published: Sunday, 10 June 2007, 21:48 GMT 22:48 UK
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2007/06/11 8:30 a.m.
A report said, some official merchandise for the 2008 Olympics in China has been made by child labour, moreover they were forced overtime work with low wages.
According to Playfair - an alliance of world trade unions -, it found abuses at the factories which make official Olympic caps, bags and stationary.
however, those companies have denied the claims and company manager Michael Lee told the BBC "It's not true, we work for some of the best brand names in the world and they check our company every month."
there are some enplyees' comments who work at the factories interviewed by BBC."We follow all the government regulations here so I'm not sure where these complaints have come from."
"I cannot agree with the report, our plant is making bags for the Olympics. Our working hours are 8am to 6pm - no extended hours, no child labour."
Two sides express tortally opposite conditions like above. We have to see this issue carefully.
Goodwill may sell Comsn out of group
Article title: Goodwill may sell Comsn out of group
Journal: Kyodo News
Published: Sunday, June 10, 2007
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2007/06/11 7:49 a.m.
Goodwill Group Inc. is considering selling subsidiary Comsn Inc. to a nongroup company becouse of the big scandal the other day. what the matter made worse was that Goodwill Group Inc. tried to dodge goverment punishment and hand over Comsn's business to one of its group companies. The issue has beocme a big social problem for people who need nursing-care service and caregivers employeed by Comsn. The most imprtant thing is to organise the system for continueing to provide nursing -service to Comsn custmers immediately.
Journal: Kyodo News
Published: Sunday, June 10, 2007
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2007/06/11 7:49 a.m.
Goodwill Group Inc. is considering selling subsidiary Comsn Inc. to a nongroup company becouse of the big scandal the other day. what the matter made worse was that Goodwill Group Inc. tried to dodge goverment punishment and hand over Comsn's business to one of its group companies. The issue has beocme a big social problem for people who need nursing-care service and caregivers employeed by Comsn. The most imprtant thing is to organise the system for continueing to provide nursing -service to Comsn custmers immediately.
2007年5月14日月曜日
UNESCO unlikely to register Iwami silver mine as World Heritage site
Article title: UNESCO unlikely to register Iwami silver mine as World Heritage site
Source:
Journal:The Japan Times Article
Published: Monday, May 14, 2007
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According to the Cultural Affairs Agency, UNESCO is unlikely to accept the recommendation of registering the remains of the Iwami silver mine in Shimane on the World Heritage cultural site list. " there is not enough to demonstrate the universal value of the remains", the Cultural Affairs Agency said on Saturday at The International Council on Monuments and Sites.
The detail of the recommendation was to register the 442-hectare remains, which includes the mine site, town, streets and the port used to ship the silver, dating back to the 16th to 19th centuries.
The goverment have to make documents again with additional information on their universal value to continue to seek registration, if UNESCO formally decides not to register the remains on the World Heritage list this year.
Source:
Journal:The Japan Times Article
Published: Monday, May 14, 2007
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According to the Cultural Affairs Agency, UNESCO is unlikely to accept the recommendation of registering the remains of the Iwami silver mine in Shimane on the World Heritage cultural site list. " there is not enough to demonstrate the universal value of the remains", the Cultural Affairs Agency said on Saturday at The International Council on Monuments and Sites.
The detail of the recommendation was to register the 442-hectare remains, which includes the mine site, town, streets and the port used to ship the silver, dating back to the 16th to 19th centuries.
The goverment have to make documents again with additional information on their universal value to continue to seek registration, if UNESCO formally decides not to register the remains on the World Heritage list this year.
Private prison opens in Yamaguchi
Article title: Private prison opens in Yamaguchi
Source:
Journal:The Japan times Online Aticles
Published:Monday, May 14, 2007
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In Mine, one prison named "The Mine Shakai Fukki Sokushin Center (Mine Social Return Promotion Center)" has opend. The remarkable point is that the prison is operated by the private sector, and it means it is the first one which is operated by none-govermental organizations.
This prison doesn't have any inmates yet, but it will be used soon for prisoners serving for their first criminal offense. It has the capacity to hold 500 men and 500 women, and the company which operates this prison is going to do job training for inmates, offer training in basic computer skills and enable them to get a hospital clerical worker certificate.
The government has consigned most of the prison's operation, such as security, job training and cleaning. The 51.7 billion yen contract runs for 20 years.
Source:
Journal:The Japan times Online Aticles
Published:Monday, May 14, 2007
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on May 14, 2007 at 11:05 am.
In Mine, one prison named "The Mine Shakai Fukki Sokushin Center (Mine Social Return Promotion Center)" has opend. The remarkable point is that the prison is operated by the private sector, and it means it is the first one which is operated by none-govermental organizations.
This prison doesn't have any inmates yet, but it will be used soon for prisoners serving for their first criminal offense. It has the capacity to hold 500 men and 500 women, and the company which operates this prison is going to do job training for inmates, offer training in basic computer skills and enable them to get a hospital clerical worker certificate.
The government has consigned most of the prison's operation, such as security, job training and cleaning. The 51.7 billion yen contract runs for 20 years.
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