It has been raining this morning. Heavy rains hit the end of the rainy season, mainly in Kyushu, and yesterday was a major disaster in Gifu and Nagano prefectures.
I was able to run because it miraculously did not rain for about 1 hour from 5am yesterday morning. It was a great harvest for me to be able to stack less than 9km. It will be difficult for me to achieve my goals without a little bit of accumulation.
I don’t even remember the rainy season, which has been raining so long. The forecaster of the Japan Meteorological Agency was talking about the same on TV. Since it is the rainy season, it is natural for it to rain, but it seems that it is extremely rare for the rainy season front to stagnate and a large amount of rain continue for such a long time. River embankments have collapsed and floods are occurring in various places.
■ By the way, this morning, I caught my eyes on the editorial department Minabata Nikkan, the Tokyo Newspaper Special Press Department. Ms. Maki Tahara, Director of Special Newsletter, is written. The titles are “Corona, the swaying world” and “The offense and defense have begun”. Mr. Tahara wrote:
“First of all, you should doubt the common sense. For example, there was a lot of voices at stay home saying, “It’s hard to have children at home.” But what is the family that parents cannot spend closely with their child for a certain period of time? Rather, I want to look at the cause of that distortion.’
Since the era of high growth, I think that Japan has left its family behind as it continues to make economic progress.
I read in one of the books that in Europe there is a definition of family as people who share bread. In other words, the common sense that has been cultivated in Europe over a long history is that the basis of a family is to eat together.
Almost 20 years ago, I posted my manuscript in a magazine previously titled “At Dinner”. I wrote the crazyness of a Japanese family, where it was common for a father, who works hard as a ferocious employee, not to go home and to have dinner with his family every night because he is entertaining overtime.
Then, I was very surprised to hear a phone call from a certain person and keep vomiting angry words to me that he could not do such a thing. Conversely, he may have thought that he was pointed out to be a pain for himself.
Work from home became widespread due to coronavirus infection. It is also said that offices in Tokyo are shrinking rapidly. Up until now, Japanese people thought that going to a company was their job, but they have come to understand that they can actually work without going to the company.
It can be said that having been in the company for a long time or working overtime was an illusion that he was doing more work. It can be interpreted as having used work as an excuse to avoid the hassle of dealing with family members.
Tahara wrote at the end:
“The world after Corona is being told, but “after” is too late. There is an attempt to accelerate neo-liberalism in order to sort out small and medium enterprises by taking advantage of the crisis. On the other hand, there are people all over the world who believe in richness and equality different from money and resist neoliberalism. The offense and defense have begun.”
It may be necessary to review our society, which has been built over the 75 years after the war, again with the coronal evil as a opportunity.
I ran this morning. It seemed that the rain had stopped after 7 pm last night, so I was preparing to run a little, but I stopped.
Sun told me, “It’s raining.” When I opened the door and left the entrance, it was raining quite a bit. Unfortunately I couldn’t run last night. I haven’t run for four days since last Saturday.
I woke up at 4:40 this morning and when I opened the curtain and looked outside, it looked like it wasn’t raining. Fortunately, it wasn’t raining when I got up, started preparing, and opened the front door. After putting the vinyl garbage in place, I started running after a light preparatory exercise.
I ran 8.75km this morning, and this time I have accumulated 23.60km in three runs this month, and I have reached 76.39km in 23 days until I run 100km a month.
According to the weather forecast, it will be raining heavily today, and we are calling for caution that floods and landslides will occur in Shizuoka Prefecture as well.
In Gifu and Nagano prefectures, it seems that there is an urgent situation where people feel the danger of life. The announcer is calling for evacuation. The terrifying situation seems to be approaching.
■ In the “Live in Corona” section of the front page of the Tokyo Shimbun this morning, Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir responded to an interview via the internet, and talked about the path the world will take after the new coronavirus pandemic.
The Asian heavyweights, who know about World War II directly, emphasize the importance of international cooperation and peace to counter the threat of viruses. Mahathir, a witness and doctor of turbulent modern history in this article, said, “The new corona cannot be killed with a gun or rocket. We need to spend more time and money on virus research than on weapons,” and urge international cooperation to accelerate vaccine development and share the results of these efforts.
“When a war happens, soldiers move from country to country. On the battlefield, social distance and infection testing are impossible. This pandemic is pressing humanity to turn their back on the war. There is no time to fight.”
He also said. There are also complaints against Japan.
“The Japanese government, which has abandoned the war but is trying to change its principles as the US has told it, looks like a copy of the US administration. Tracking the United States means complicating the problems that the United States causes. I don’t think war can be a solution to a conflict between nations,” he asserts.
As always, he is expressing his candid and keen opinion. I should not be the only one who desperately feels the difference in his deep knowledge and perception of history when compared to our prime minister.
It took Japan 75 years after the war to get the current leader. This is the reality of Japan. Once again, we need to take a deep look at our postwar history.
■I took a rest this morning without running. The heavy rain of the rainy season continues. Heavy rain hit the Kyushu region, leaving 44 dead in Kumamoto. The Kuma River has been flooded with heavy rains like never recorded before.
Here in Shizuoka, the school was closed yesterday. Two school checkups were scheduled in the morning today. If it rained badly, we had to close the school and have to postpone the school check-up, but at 7 o’clock the phone was called from the school and the alarm was canceled, so the school check-up will be carried out as usual. I will close the clinic in the morning and go to the school checkup today.
■I started reading “Mituya Seizaemon Remaining Diary” by Shuhei Fujisawa from last weekend. The title is “I’m still far away from the rest of the day”.
Fortunately or unfortunately, I am an independent business owner, so as long as my physical strength continues, I can continue to work every day. I’ve talked a lot to people who have retired, and I’m more wondering what kind of life they are living after their retirement. That’s why I started reading this book again.
For me, whether I’m 60 or 65, it doesn’t change every day as long as I’m physically fit. Compared to the old days, as the amount of work decreased, various roles came to play, and the number of chores increased.
However, I cannot continue my life forever. Because my physical strength does not last. When I turn 70, I will start end of life planning and decluttering
It’s raining hard this morning. Around 4:30, I woke up once and looked outside, but at first glance it looked like it wasn’t raining. So I opened the window and looked closely, but it was still raining.
According to the weather forecast, I decided that it was going to be heavy rain and I went to sleep. As of 7:20, it is raining heavily and hitting the roofs of houses.
■ The Tokyo Governor’s election was held yesterday, and Yuriko Koike was re-elected. The vote was 3,661,371. Kenji Utsunomiya is in second place with 844,151 votes. The third place is Taro Yamamoto with 657,277 votes. Fourth place was Daisuke Ono with 612530 votes. The voting rate was 55%, which did not reach 60%.
There are various thoughts from this number, but I can not understand why Mr. Yuriko Koike, who is incumbent, gets such a vote. As a politician, I don’t think she’s been so worthy of this vote.
In short, there must be a large number of votes called organizational votes that pushed Koike up. The governor thus elected will eventually work for the organization, and for the nonpartisan who did not go to elections, the governor will not do much work and must be dedicated to performance.
As I was supporting Taro Yamamoto, I hoped to get 1 million votes, but I understood how difficult it was.
In the upcoming general elections, Japan’s politics will not change unless the opposition party takes a lump-sum flag with a consumption tax cut of 5% and opposes the ruling party. In other words, the gap will become wider, security will deteriorate, and the world will become difficult to live in.
What kind of social landscape can be seen by the executives of the Constitutional Democratic Party who are opposed to the tax reduction? It is harmful and useless for politicians who do not see people’s lives and lives properly.
■ Well, I started taking “Egoma oil” from yesterday. I decided to add a tablespoon of Egoma oil to the natto I eat every day according to the instructions of my doctor, Uebaba. I also add “Okara powder” and eat it.
Egoma oil seems to work as a good oil to lower bad cholesterol. I started taking it with the aim of lowering the high level of bad cholesterol, which is a problem in my constitution, with natural foods, not with drugs.
Thanks to running 100 kilometers a month, good cholesterol is over 100, so the ratio of bad cholesterol/good cholesterol is less than 2, which is within the normal range. After all, the one with less bad cholesterol does not hurt the blood vessel.
The next visit is at the end of August, so I’m looking forward to seeing what happens to my body after taking sesame oil for 2 months.
I ran this morning as well. Following yesterday, I ran the usual course 6.14km this morning, and this month I have accumulated 14.84km in two runs. In the remaining 28 days, it has reached 85.15 kilometers until 100 kilometers are completed.
The weather forecast says it will start to rain again tonight, and tomorrow it will be raining all day long. I can’t seem to run tomorrow morning, so I can’t reach my goal unless I’m running in the morning when I can.
Yesterday, after the medical treatment, I went to the first Rotary club meeting in the new year. The Rotary club will begin its new year in July. At the Numazu West Rotary Club, the beginning of the Uematsu chairman year. And our club is the 30th anniversary of our founding. As with anything, breaks are very important. In that sense, the president and secretary change in the Rotary club every year, so you can start club activities with a new feeling.
After the meeting, Sun and I went to Gotemba to see the usual Chinese medicine doctor Uebaba. The doctor checked the condition of the blood that was taken last time and told me the result. The only problem was that bad cholesterol levels were high.
However, good cholesterol is also high, and it is diagnosed by other doctors that the ratio is within the normal range. After all, bad cholesterol is high and it is not good, so I was instructed to improve my diet.
Specifically, it was pointed out that drinking milk was not good for me. Certain factors in milk can have harmful effects on the body. If you make yogurt, the enzyme will also be decomposed. I used the freshly squeezed milk from my friend’s dairy farm as banana juice and ate it in the morning, but I decided to switch to yogurt. With the yogurt maker manufactured by Iris Ohyama, the milk I received is now being converted into yogurt.
I ran for the first time in 4 days this morning. I ran a little longer than the usual course and recorded 8.780km this morning. It’s 91.29km left to reach 100km/month in 29 days. The 100km/month has just begun.
Initially, I had a heavy footsteps this morning, but since I had three days of rest, it gradually became easier after I passed 3 kilometers.
However, I started to hurt my right knee just after 5 km. It’s a runner’s knee. I’ve been suffering for a long time. It’s just my right knee. However, after about 7 kilometers, my knee pain became easier, and in the end my footsteps became much lighter and easier.
After all, I was able to finish running at a pace of 6 minutes and 36 seconds per kilometer. The pace is not bad for me. But I’m worried about what happens to my knee pain when this is 10 and 20 kilometers away. Anyway, I was very pleased to have taken the first step in July.
■ It rained really hard yesterday. I had a meeting at the medical association from 7pm, so I went out. When I got home after 8:30, the rain was so severe that I couldn’t see the front even if I moved the wiper at maximum speed.
There was a roadblock sign when I ran this morning in front of the road that passed under the bypass I always go to on my way home. I’m sure water came out and the car couldn’t get through. When I went home last night, I decided that the road was dangerous and I took another road. It was the correct answer when I thought about it now.
■ Looking at NHK News, New Center 9 at night, I feel very strange. Despite not reporting the state of the Tokyo Governor’s election on the program, it has long taken up the issue of national security law in Hong Kong. Freedom and democracy in Hong Kong are at stake.
Of course, that is an important issue, but since the election to decide the top of Tokyo is being held, it may be the Japanese media that delves into what Tokyo’s government should be like. Apparently NHK’s idea is not so.
I wonder that NHK is so interested in Hong Kong people’s freedom and democracy, but for whom is NHK a public broadcaster?
NHK should collect the charges separately from the news and other departments. NHK makes a lot of great works, including the NHK Special, and I’m happy to pay for that, but I don’t feel like paying a yen for reporting.
Only a few reports have been published regarding the Abe administration. The essential Tokyo governor’s election and the issues of freedom and democracy in Japan have only been reported casually. I don’t know who NHK is for public broadcasting.