DO NOT LOCK MY PC

The PC lock problem is happening without “Trados.” So annoying. And my apology to the program. A funny thing is that it occurs overwhelmingly during the day, not at night. It may be a trouble with the wireless broadband connection, which is not really broad and can be frustratingly slow especially in the weekday daytime.

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State Secretary Kissinger laments about the failure of the Year of Europe partly caused by the reluctance, and covert and overt sabotage, of the West European allies to deal with President Nixon who is embroiled in the escalating Watergate scandal. Dr. Kissinger still manages to organise a conference in Geneva for the Middle Eastern issues, an aftermath of the war of 1973. His comparative analysis into how Japanese politics, and society by extension, works is insightful.
It makes me wonder to what extent the same analysis can be applied to today’s society. If the same system is still controlling there, it can be yet another reason that I shouldn’t go back. This should not be an issue of “either or.” It should be about how much the negative side of the small-village thinking still dominates in Japan’s society. This thinking can be seen through the cover-up of the collision video in Senkaku and the resignation of the Justice Minister today. In fact, the minister was shown the door.