As being free, so flying high,
Even tomorrow, as being free, thus flying high,
Indeed, though departing on a muddy road, even tomorrow, as being free, we will be flying high.[Truly, still Kyou-no-Hi wa Sayou-nara.
(see you tomorrow, since we said goodbye to today)
http://www.mahoroba.ne.jp/~gonbe007/hog/shouka/kyonohiwa.html ]
Would You Not Mind Subscribing, Sir?
(Voulez vous abonner à ce journal, monsieur?)
In today's Sankei Shimbun newspaper (one of major Japanese newspapers), they have discussed quality and features of language Japanese politicians use. The focus is of course on the new Prime Minister Mr. Yasuo Fukuda.
Indeed, a key to promotion of democracy is language, especially spoken language, though Japanese society has long been based on written language since Manyoshyu (a huge verse work of literature) was edited in the 9th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB
When Mrs. Makiko Tanaka, a former foreign minister and incumbent lawmaker and also the daughter of legendary prime minister Kakuei Tanaka, was recently interviewed after the Q&A session with Mr. Fukuda in the parliament, she said, "He talked like a politician one or two generations ago."
Today's Sankei's article, on the front page, has also pointed at the same characteristics as Mrs. Tanaka did on the Prime Minister's speaking.
Yet, the most interesting comment on the article is that Mr. Yasuo Fukuda's speech shows a high level of intelligence his father, the prime minister of Japan 30 years ago, also spoke with.
However, Prime Minister Mr. Yasuo Fukuda uses pronouns more than today's ordinary politicians do in their talking, which Mrs. Tanaka with a uniquely keen sense never missed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makiko_Tanaka
The article of the Sankei Shimbun newspaper concluded that the new Prime Minister's speaking quality is more excellent or advantageous than that of the former Prime Minister of Japan who abruptly resigned from premiership a month ago due to health problems, though it may be still a matter of comparison.
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What's more, the front page of the newspaper shows a picture of Ms. Benzair Bhutto just after the failed attempt of assassination by terrorists in Kalach in southern Pakistan.
It also reports on failed security and management of confidential information in Japanese Defense Force, with an advertisement of a book (on the back side of the front page) former Defense Minister Ms. Yuriko Koike, who tried to improve discipline of the Defense Department in a too short period of her assignment, wrote after her departure from the position two months ago.
There is also an advertisement of a music magazine featuring the late Luciano Pavarotti, the celebrated Italian tenor in operatic music who died in Modena, Italy, on September 9.
It also posts an interesting comment by an editor on Ms. Deborah Kerr, a Golden Globe Award-winning Scottish actress who was also awarded an honorary Academy Award and BAFTA recognition, who died a few days ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Deborah_Kerr_in_Julius_Caesar_trailer.jpg
The comment has praised her intelligence, which seems to be rooted in a quality of European culture, while bestowing the highest eulogy on her performance in a film related to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Indeed, intelligence behind vocal expressions by a politician is a key to their appealing power.
(Even former Prime Minister Mr. Junichiro Koizumi reportedly loves to listen to classical music including opera, meaning he is more a classical enthusiast than an admirer of Elvis Presley.)
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There is a profession in Japan called a door-to-door newspaper solicitor. They visit individual homes to win a contract for subscription of a newspaper.
It is not a highly-regarded job. But, one day, in evening under a chilly and cloudy sky, I encountered a young woman visiting homes, apartment houses, etc. to get clients.
Probably, a certain newspaper distributor has changed their policy so that they have started to hire young women as sales persons instead of tough guys.
Anyway, sales talk is also a key to success in this field, but it is pitiful to see a young woman making a difficult effort door-to-door to win a rare contract over so many cool rejections, while elite newspaper reporters, male and female alike, are traveling all over the world on sleek jet planes and staying at luxurious hotels to write an article no reader is moved by.
That is why I have reported on articles on a front page of a certain newspaper today.
(Do you read a newspaper? Or do you own a newspaper company, like some of your friends?
Anyway, I don't think girl's reading newspaper will not make her have very little prospect of marriage as people of three generations ago or older thought in Japan.
Of course, Jesus Christ never read a newspaper, though he told His followers to know how the wind will blow tomorrow.)
"SELL ALL YOUR BELONGINGS AND GIVE MONEY TO THE POOR"
(Verkauft euren Besitz und schenkt das Geld den Armen!)