7.6 Sleazy guarantor brokers pray on the desperate

In Japan, we need guarantor and guarantor's sign or 'inkan' when we contract to something. Then I remembered that exchange students in YMCA worried about house renting system in Japan. Almost of them come to Japan and live there in first time. So, they have to rent or share room at first. Moreover they must find the guarantor and ask them the 'Inkan' to prove thire identification. One of exchange student from Taiwan said 'It was the most hard prossess of settlement in Japan.' Even if they have relatives or friends in Japan, it can't be easy to be accept as their guarantor. When I heared about that, Japan's guarantor system is very complicated. It is also strict to Japanese especialy the poverty. Anyway, our society absolutry needs the identifiable guarantor in every contract.

Nami

7.7 Obese Passengers

Now, the problem of overweight or obese stands for U.S. Many American prefer junky and high-calolie food with large size. It can be said American custom from of old. But, recently the tendency of that is growing by leaps and bounds. One of examples here! Airlines have a problem of obese passengers. They go beyond capacity of economy seat. So, airlines are going to prepare another suitable seat for them or charge the extra fee for obese person. Furthermore, respondant from comment board said "If one in three Americans is fat and one in three is obese, then only one in three is not fat or obese. So airlines need to change the seat sizes anyway to suit the majority." I think it's wrong. They don't have to adapt to this matter, have to solve the root of obese syndrome in U.S. It's better for health of them too.

Nami

7.8 Two Monkeys Appointed Stationmasters in Japan

What's a tiny and Cute stationmasters are they! It's my first expression. Both two prefecture Wakayama and Hyogo adopted animal stationmaster. They work at station and many customer visit to see them. Its economic effect was enough. I think it's so contemporary idea. As recent movement, such a cute and heeling character attracts consumers or customers. For example Sento-kun, Hikonyan as called 'Yuru Chara' in Japan. It can be expected great effect for tourism industry. Furthermore, the payment for them is not so high than that of for person. So, it's a good idea to both of them.

Nami

7.10 A Flare for Language Services

There is a growing demand for translation company that offer industry expertise as well as language service. Sunflare is Japanese company, which offers translation in over 50 languages. They have tow offices in Paris and Dalian. In the near future they would have in U.S.
How to raise up translators? They have a own Academy. The Academy has about 1500 trainees and they are training resourses with translation and writing skills. On the artcle, there is a question "machine translation will replace human translation?". My answer is "NO". The article also said a certain nuance or bridge the cultural gap wil always need human. Therefore the demand of these occupation is growing more and more in the future.

Nami

4.10. A flare for language services

I thought “flare” mean “flash” or “burn suddenly and disappear soon” like sun flare. So I didn’t receive a good image from this company name. My image of flare is not so good. This is just my opinion. It is better to say “flair” than “flare”.
However, I didn’t know that there are too many documents to translate.
I have interested in the question for Executive Managing Director Mr. Shunichi Hagihara by interviewer. It was “Do you think machine translations will replace human translators ?” Mr. Hagihara answered “We are getting close to machine translations but we see it as merely a device that a human will need to operate.” I think this answer is yes he is right now. The translation machine some time translates fearful. But in near the future may be we don’t need interpreter. May be in near the future Japanese creates very useful translation machine which can read emotional things too. I hope so.

Genta Koto.

4.9. Suicides in Japan

Since I was an elementary school student I know that Japan is famous about suicides.
It is said that there are many reasons for suicides. But I feel the most famous reason is a loosing job. As evidence a figure shows a characteristic.
According to the figure and graph rate valance men are committing a suicide more than women.
I think this “men” is business-men.
Men’s mental side doesn’t take care not so much. Recently mount of single man are increasing. I think many Japanese are working too much. Many workaholic business-men are appearing but I guess many more sick persons are hiding. Workaholic needs to be cure to save family to save community to save country to save the world.
Genta Koto

4.8. Two Monkeys

They are doing good job. Good effects are leaded by them.
But some passengers who have fear about animals or person who has an animal allergy might feel unhappy. I like animals and monkeys. But I’m not agree these movements. If I had a fearful experience with monkeys I have to refuse to use the station and choose another station no mutter how the station is far from there.
I think services should be available for universally. From that point I don’t agree even the animals are not dangerous.
Genta Koto

4.7. Obese Passengers

I think it is reasonable to charge for passengers to calculate prices by the pound.
Especially I think airlines have much possibility to do so.
Actually heavy weight it self related to the risk of danger and air plane needs more fuel to fly heavy passengers. They have already calculating luggage by the pound. So it is natural to calculate passengers. I perfectly agree this opinion.
But there are some issues about privacy. Air-ports are already treating our privacy date through scanning body. Even this problem wasn’t solving well but calculating issue maybe call more problem.

Genta Koto

4.6 Sleazy guarantor brokers prey on the desperate.

Sleazy guarantor brokers are really bad.

They are wasting trusts. I think trust is the most important thing for their services.

Maybe the similar companies are feeling troubled.

My father’s company had eaten by these sleazy guarantor brokers and finally smashed 5years ago. (By the way, he could get a good job than former job.)

I think these brokers are maybe making many problems in Japan e.g. suicides, disruption of families.

If they won’t change their working attitudes we probably seem to see more people die in the future.

At least these companies can’t help desperate people.

I think they should take some punishes or stop their preying immediately.

Genta Koto

1.8. Two Monkeys Appointed StationMasters in Japan

According to the article, two monkeys became a stationmaster like Tama, which is in Kishi station in Wakayama prefecture. I think it’s very good thing for people. I like animal, so I’d like to see those animal, which is a stationmaster. Animal can heal people when they have a strong stress. Especially I want to see Tama! Because my favorite animal is a cats. GC2 Daisuke Ohta

6.8 Two Monkeys

What cute monkeys！Animals can be very effective mascot that revitalize local areas. A lot pf Japanese people are likely to enthuse popular animals that are talked about. Actually, many friends around me went to Wakayama to see Tama. However, craze for animals in Japan is may sometimes appear very strange to the eyes of foreign people. For example, in 2002, a bearded seal apppeared in Tamagawa, Saitama prefecture. Japan went crazy over it, and Saitama prefecture gave it a certificate of residence. How dou you think about it? Does a bearded seal need a certificate of residence? I don't think so. Actually animals are very cute and attractive. However, in my opinion, overdone enthusiasm for animals can be foolish.

8.8 Two monkeys are appointed to station masters

I have seen the scenes that some animals are appointed to station masters in Japanese railways particularly in mountains or rural areas on TV. I think that it would be one of the Japanese cultures and it is very interesting. I want to visit the station in which monkeys are the masters of there. In there the monkeys would perform me a proper greeting. That kind of station would be able to attract more tourists if they advertise well. That would be one of the charming points of Japanese rural areas. I also expect that there are some stations that dogs or cats are the station masters in rural areas. I am curious where those kinds of stations would exist.

8.1 About Orland Bloom

I like Orland Bloom because he is cool and his acts are very impressive. I know him since the release of The Lord of the Rings. He played Legolas who is the strongest archer in Elf species and I felt his role very important in the following battle scenes. And he played William Turner who is very good at sword fight in Pirates of the Caribbean series. I felt it a little shocking when I heard that he is going to be absent in Pirates of the Caribbean 4. I anticipate that he will play an important role in the next blockbuster film.

6.5 Hikaru Utada

I strongly agree with Hikaru Utada, and I got angry at commercialism of the music industry. This album doesn't include any new song, so I don't think that we need to buy it. Universal Japan seems to want to make a lot of money before she will take a break. It could spoil her career, because it doesn't have musical value. I really like her, so I felt sad when I heard this news. However, I will not buy it.

1.10. A flare for language services

According to the article, Sun flare has 7,000 translators and handled more than 16,000 translation orders in 2009. I know the name of the company because I found they hold TQE, which is necessary certification to be their translator. I’m very interested in this certification because it connects to job by using English. It’s not a national certification like interpreter guide in Japan, however I’m considering try to pass it to build my career for future. GC2 Daisuke Ohta

7.9 Suicides in Japan

The number of people who committed suicide in Japan is top of the world. Despite of the lank, the number is decreasing from last year. It owed to the government anti-suicide campaign of last year. By this campaign, it could fall 15.9% in April and 13.5% in October. The government ready to make emergency strategy team at the Cabinet office in autumn 2009. They will support that people can get advice about mental health and debt problems, and compiling region-by region suicide prevention steps based on relevant police statistics. I think worker in Japan have many stress about office circumstance. They are bound to hard work and long time. Especially man's task on the work is sometimes burden than that of women's. So, we have to reduce the stress by something another activity or telling to someone. So we need best friend or best partner close by you.

Nami Sutou

3.10 translator & Interpreter

Translator is a job of admiration for students of foreign languages,
but it is not a gorgeous job. My friend's mother is a translator. She has studied
English for more than 30 years. She is a temporary worker of industrial machines'
company now.
She told me about her job...
- recently, there are many useful soft wares. Lots of offers of translation do not
need human.
- you maybe not find any jobs as a full time worker. There are so many translator in
Japan, especially English-Japanese translator.
They are negative points of the job. But, before working, it is important to understand
shortcomings of a job.

8.10 The demand for foreign language translation

I think that foreign language translation business has become more important than ever because of the process of globalization. English is the most common worldwide language but the demand for Chinese language would increase. The reason is the development of Chinese economy and technologies. Not only English spoken countries but also China are indispensable for Japanese trading businesses that create our industries. So I think that Chinese language learning and translation business would be demanded for future young generations and creating that kind of business would give young people the opportunity for getting jobs. The expand of translation business for young people would be the key for improving the job hunting situations. From that point, I think that German language translation business would also be important because of the economy relationship between Japan and Germany.

10. A flare for language services

i. Read the short article about "language services" (click here)

respond to the article by stating your opinion, and why you think so.
Responses should include the reasoning behind your response...

ii. Watch the video, "A day in the life of an Interpreter."


Also available at Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aut2Wy-sSoU&feature=related

8.9 Why are there many suicide cases in Japan?

I think that some of the reasons many people commit suicide are because of the working conditions in Japan and the negative recession conditions. There are many people who lost their jobs and they are obliged to send unstable lives. And there are many people who become ill or melancholia because of working too hard. I think that those working conditions would lead many people to commit suicide or think about it. So I think that some of the solutions to prevent many people from commiting suicide may be improving working conditions and doing something about Japanese recession conditions. I feel that it would be very serious predicament or like crucifixion for older men who have wives and children to lose jobs in these times. I always hear that the government consider about young people's job hunting conditions but they have to consider about older people who have families that they have to foster. These solutions would be more effective.

1.9Suicides in Japan GC2 Daisuke Ohta

According to the article, 31,560 people committed suicide in 2010. I think it comes from too much stress, unemployment, and a mental illness. The ruling set up a task force to prevent suicide in last September; however, I think DPJ cannot solve this problem because they never accomplish their manifest since they won general election in 2009. So, we must solve by ourselves. In my opinion, if you feel nerves, you should go to license school to improve your skill and meet other people.

3.9 Suicides in Japan

Japanese are not accustomed to be alone. When people choose suicides, they feel lonely.

Since we are elementary school students, we have been educated to be with other people. Also, if there is someone who is not good at group activities, he/she is looked as a strange person. So, it is common for us to depend on other people to be with other people.

Because of recent recession, many people lost their jobs and the relationship that accompanied with their jobs. It is important to support depressed people, but it is more important for us to have strong heart in order to put up with our loneliness.

9. Suicides in Japan

i. Read the short article about Suicides in Japan (click here)

respond to the article by stating your opinion, and why you think so.
Responses should include the reasoning behind your response...

ii. Watch the video "Suicides in Japan rise with crisis" (click here)

and "Looking into Japan's High Suicide Rate." (click here)

article can also be found at:
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/suicides-in-japan-top-30000-for-13th-straight-year