Have you ever heard of so-called Juvenile Law Nomura san ?
What ? Juvenile Law? Yes I heard about it by the name. It’s named SHONENHO 少年法 in our country. I don’t know much about it except that it avoids punishing young people who committed crimes.
Yes it’s main idea is “correction instead of punishment“
I wonder if it performs its original purpose
What do you mean Nomura san?
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Some children are taking advantage of the benefits stated in the law.
They know they are not punished for the crime committed.
Oh no does it happen in such a peaceful country as Japan?
Yes it does. Actually I heard some children say “We are protected under the Juvenile law. Now is the good time to commit crimes”
Oh no that sounds contradictory. It really defeats its original purpose to give children a chance to rehabilitate themselves.
Anyway the time has passed and the social and cultural values have also changed. And many people question the significance of that Law.
In Kyoto. two doctors were arrested by the police for having killed a woman patient.
She was suffering from terrible disease called ALS , a kind that your muscles become not workable. And you are unable to stand up or walk. So you end up lying on the bed or sitting on the wheelchair most of the time And she was only 51, and she lost her hope and asked the doctors to end her life .
If the story ended there, I would have taken it as one of the familiar stories of a doctor in a dilemma whether or not to listen to the patient’s request for euthanasia.
But this time it’s a little bit different.
For one thing. They got to know each other through social network.
It features an elementary school boy who calls himself “Patnan X” and goes patrolling around the town with a commitment to keep it safe and sound.
何か問題が発生すればすぐにそこへ飛んでいき解決しようとする。だが大抵の場合失敗に終わり、かえってことを悪くさせてしまうWhen something wrong happens, he goes there to get it done. But in most cases he ends up in messing things around.
それ以外は何の特別なこともない。どこにでもいる普通の少年。
Other than that, there is nothing special about him – just an ordinary boy that you can find anywhere.
そんな理由から自分を重ねることができた。
That’s why I could empathize with him.
また、秋山さんが描く昭和の風景が良い。蒸気機関車、木製の電信柱、紙飛行機。いい時代だったと思う。
Also I like the way Mr.Akiyama describes the good old Showa days. For instance, steam locomotives, wooden electric poles, and old paper airplanes.
TV commentators often say on TV that COVID-19 is changing the way we live.
For example, telework or telecommuting.
At first people were annoyed about having to work away from their office.
Now they’re beginning to realize that so many things can be done at home. So much housework can be done, making use of the time saved by not commuting to work.
Dads can connect with their kids. more often than before.
Witnessing many advantages, people begin to question what they were doing.
Was it really necessary to commute to work taking two hours in a crowded train?
Was it really necessary to be relocated leaving your spouse and kids?
Is job more important than your family?
In spite of all these troubles around us, it is a good chance to take a breath and look at what our lives are all about.
The names of the restaurants that served as a judge were written in the part corresponding to the sumo referee.
And the active restaurants were listed in the order of their rank from Ozeki as the top to the lower ones in the columns called Higashi the east and Nishi the west.
ホントだ!
ミシュランガイドが登場する1世紀以上前の話である。
It is a story more than a century ago from the time the Michelin guide made its debut.
19世紀には冊子型も登場した。
A booklet type also appeared in the 19th century.
江戸の人々の食に対する意識の高さがうかがえよう
It shows how people in Edo period were so conscious of food.
もっとも掲載される店がどのように選ばれたかは判然としなかったらしい。
Apparently it wasn’t clear how they assessed the performance.