(Pictures presented here were taken and
presented with approvla of
the Railway Museum in Saitama City, Japan.)
When the Night is Blue but Mars is so Red
(Lorsque la nuit est bleue, mais Mars est tellement Rouge)SECTION 1: Who Could Interpret the Bible? Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Rev 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Rev 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Rev 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Rev 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
SECTION 2: Former Prime Minister of Japan and His WifeLast night a Japanese TV station reported that former Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Shinzo Abe has recovered from medical problems which forced him to resign two months ago, surprising all concerned but avoiding fatal confusion to the nation.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe recently visited his electoral district in Western Japan which has produced many prime ministers, since samurais in the area had constituted major forces that had realized the Meiji Restoration through a civil war 140 years ago.
Mrs. Akie Abe, the wife of the former Prime Minister, shed tears in welcome parties held in the district, saying to a TV reporter that her husband recovered while learning precious lessons though he had caused such confusion to people concerned.
Some of old comrades of Mr. Abe seem to be expecting that the former Prime Minister will be again given full play in ten years or so.
SECTION 3: Mr. Bob WoodwardYesterday, the BBC radio broadcast over the Internet an interview with a US notable reporter/author Mr. Bob Woodward.
It is very interesting that a British female interviewer did not change her accent at all when speaking to the special old reporter of the Washington Post who spoke always trying to be consistent, however, in a somehow suppressed and agonizing voice.
Mr. Bob Woodward especially mentioned that famous view of President Mr. George Bush: "History, I don't know how it will judge us. We will be all dead in future, any way."
Mr. Bob Woodward is still focusing on the Iraqi War on which he is also writing a new book.
If he is now reading this blog, I have to say, "Bob, it is 1941, 1963, 1997, and 2001 that devils, serpents, and dragons were released from captivity with entailing shadows of millions dead due to machinations, conspiracies, and arrogance of all concerned."
SECTION 4: Formal Trainees/Workers from China to JapanIn these decades, the Japanese Government has invited a lot of young Chinese as on-the-job-trainees who are put into job training programs in various factories and agriculture fields in Japan.
But, the truth is that those Chinese youths are regarded as cheap foreign labor force in mostly small businesses in Japan, as being discussed now in the deliberation of the Japanese Parliament.
When a small business cannot compete in market any more and goes bankrupt even if relying on cheap salary for Chinese youths, Chinese youths working in the company are requested to go back home to China.
Some Chinese workers might well learn Japanese while they are working in Japan. But others might simply feel difficult to master complete Japanese expressions.
When they go back home to China and work in a factory producing a product, I suppose they will feel like naming their goods with some Japanese expressions.
No matter how incomplete and strange the Japanese expressions attached to their Chinese products are, such expressions seem to enhance credibility and confidence of the products among Chinese consumers, since Japanese products are enjoying higher reputation all over China due to their excellent quality, functionality, and design.
Hence, if you visit China, you may find many Chinese goods sold with strange Japanese expressions attached and applied to its case, wrapping, or package.
Therefore, when I see strange Japanese words on a package of a Chinese product, I cannot help but remember those Chinese interns or trainees/workers working hard in Japan under difficult conditions.
Nonetheless, their Japanese might be better than some French expressions I apply to this EEE Reporter blog.
* * *Of course, there are some intelligent or highly-educated Japanese citizens who do not like me to write a blog in English, as they are not good at English, since they have not needed English ability in learning economy, engineering, or any kinds of science and arts in higher educational institutes in Japan where Japanese teachers and professors teach everything in Japanese including works of Einstein, Keynes, and Shakespeare, unlike other Asian or African countries once fully or halfway colonized by the U.K., France, or the U.S.
But, I do not think all the French, British, or Americans are devils, serpents, or dragons while Japanese and Chinese are weak and illiterate people, when referring to history.
Yet, I hope that Mr. Bob Woodward will contribute to prevention of a possible nuclear war between the U.S. and Iran, even if a US intelligent report on Iran was wrong.
(In these nights, red Mars looks very clear in the chilly air, here in winter.
I wonder if December 25 is a night especially Mars looks red and bright in Israel.
Will they operate overnight trains on the Hejaz Railroad someday in the Xmas night to Jerusalem?
http://nabataea.net/jerusalem.html )"..But will the Son of Man find faith on earth when he comes?..."
(Aber wird der Menschensohn, wenn er kommt, auf der Erde noch Menschen finden, die in Treue auf ihn warten?)
(The moon is rising; the locomotive dreaming of dashing; and Mars is signaling for their sighing, since my heart is singing...)
