"If that's the way they say," ...
1. Late "Happy New Year" -I suppose all of us have already returned to daily lives, though.This year, new Emperor is acceding to the throne, and Imperial Era name is changing on May 1. In association with that, current Emperor's birthday is abolished from this year.It doesn't matter; too many national holidays are unnecessary.But the explanation by Authority is concern about dual power.Putting aside how many general public have appreciated current Emperor's birthday December 23 as pre-Christmas celebration holiday,I cannot help wondering why April 29, former Emperor's birthday, is still national holiday, changing its name even twice.On the second thought... this national holiday could be still becoming to our country,As long as this society is ruled by moss-headed older generation men unable to get rid of illusion of glittering bubble era and anachronistic male-chauvinism.What if we call this year 2019 A.D. not 31st and final year of current Imperial Era but 94th year of former Imperial Era?2. One-hundred-year of life? Modestly speaking, such thing sounds like pie in the sky.People currently classified as elderly people and baby-boomers are estimated to live such long lives -may I construe so?Current younger generation suffer from exploitation and poverty, and might live shorter lives compared to the current elderly people and baby-boomers. What makes me think such way? Mainly because-When I went to banks for legal procedures, I saw commercials of investment management to prepare for one-hundred-year of lives on in-store screens. Most of the characters consulting asset maintenance at bank were elderly couples preparing for mandatory retirement. Also, the data I read recently that eighty percent of financial asset in our country belong to over fifties.That's about it for pessimism -needless to say, healthspan is much more important.3. In Hungary, after new labor law legalizing 400 hours of overtime work per year was approved, mass demonstrations are going on against this "slavery law" as they call.If they found that one-hundred hours of overtime work per month is legal in our country, they would regard our country as slave-holding nation, and our country side could have no words of reply. Regardless of how the situation of technical intern training program in our country is spread internationally,I'd like to take this occasion to place in this language, borrowing an online posting warning that applicants for technical interns must carefully deliberate on which is important, money or their own life, before they come to Japan.(Translation: Unable-to-think-up-handle)Who is 370,000th visitor!?