(Sumida-gawa River to the Tokyo Bay)"Risen from the Dead"
Certain Japanese medical doctors claim that leukocytes control automatic nerves. But, Western medicine does not respect this theory, since European medical traditions see only a tree but not a forest.
The sequence to (early) death of a human being is as follows, according to their theory.
(1) Overstressed
(2) Sympathetic tone lasting on nervous sympathetics
(3) A very high level of adrenaline excretion
(4) Insufficient blood flow and fall of body temperature, leading to an increase in granular leukocytes
(5) Release of a large amount of active oxygen
(6) Destruction of tissues and organ damages
(7) Chronic disorder
(8) Ephemerality or short lived life
However, if a man always tries to make himself relaxed and laugh and smile without unnecessary restriction, a parasympathetic nerve system is excited, leading to an increase in lymphocytes.
The balance of granular leukocytes and lymphocytes is a key to health, since lymphocytes prevent cancer.
( http://www.gsic.jp/support/sp_02/kvs/02_01.html )
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In fact, Japan is well known for the longevity of its people, especially in comparison with other advanced nations in North America and Europe.
But, Okinawa Prefecture is globally well known for the longevity of its people, especially in comparison with other prefectures and regions within Japan.
And, remarkably, Okinawa islanders look having more relaxed lives than other Japanese people driven hard for various need of modern society in the four major islands of Japan.
Sometimes it is not so difficult for Japanese people to make a distinction between persons from Okinawa and others, since they have a kind of unique atmosphere or aura.
Okinawa is very subtropical unlike other islands and areas of Japan.
Okinawa was historically not influenced by Shintoism until its political annexation to mainland Japan a few hundred years ago, though the Okinawa dialect belongs to Japanese while no Taiwanese dialects belong to Japanese.
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The Okinawans – Japanese Longevity and Healthy Aging
By Mark Stibich, Ph.D., About.com
Updated: November 02, 2008
The island of Okinawa, in Japan, is the best place on earth for healthy aging. The Okinawans have:
•more people over 100 years old per 100,000 population than anywhere else in the world
•the lowest death rates from cancer, heart disease and stroke (the top three killers in the US)
•the highest life expectancy for both males and females over 65
•females in Okinawa have the highest life expectancy in all age groups
http://longevity.about.com/od/healthyagingandlongevity/a/okinawan_aging.htm
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But, a secret of the longevity of Okinawa people might lie in their local language.
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The Japanese language is largely divided into two: the Okinawa dialect and the language group of dialects in the mainland of Japan.
The language group of dialects of the mainland Japan is largely divided into two: the western Japanese language group and the eastern Japanese language group.
The eastern Japanese language group is politically divided into two: the Tokyo dialect and the other dialects.
The Tokyo dialect was adopted as the basics of the standard modern Japanese language after the Meiji Restoration when the last samurai regime ended 140 years ago.
The Okinawa dialect is more remote to the language spoken in Tokyo than American English is to British English.
(It is a domain of difference between English and German or between Pekingese and Cantonese.)
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In an ordinary wedding banquet held in Japan, one quarter of foods served are never touched and consumed by guests, living in a glut of delicious foods in daily life, only to be thrown away, usually, from a hotel or a ceremonial hall as scraps after the ceremony.
The longevity in Japan might be still sinful.
By the way, whose wedding ceremony has the Pope ever attended in Rome if not to perform a holy miracle?
Mar 6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Mar 6:15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
Mar 6:16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.