condolence to blind tennis originator

Now, we can find wide range of sports for disordered people such as blind football, marathon, basketball etc.

Most sports for handicapped peoples are called "adapted sports" because they are modified for such persons.


Top adapted sports player play in tha Paralympic games and they show excellent performance.

Then, I think that human’s potential ability is infinite. And I respect the efforts of the handicapped players.

We can understand the difficulty of the sports easily when we walk or run for few meters under blind condition or make some activities without a fanction of a part of our bodies.


16,Janualy,2011, an accident happened at Mejiro station, Tokyo, and Mr. Miyoshi Takei died in the incident.

He falled into train track because he was blind and could not acknowledge the border between the platform and the track. Then there was no fence on the platform.

Mr. Takei was well-known as a originator of blind tennis and had preveiled it all over the world.

He aimed that the Paralympic committee would adopt blind tennis as an event of the Paralympic Games.


It is a regretable fact that a person who pursue improvement of handicapped persons’ lifes died because of not disease but the accident which came from lack of barrier-free system.

But I wonder if persons around there could help him with little alarming to him.


Hearing this accident and achievement by Mr. Takei, I feel that I should pay more attention to disordered people and ask all of us (of course including me) to become more generous for handicapped persons.

When we will afford to consider such person, our society will be more strong and filled with kindness and happiness.



Again, I thank Mr.Takei for his efforts.


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start to prepare for GMAT

To apply for MBA program, we (international applicants) need to auquire good scores of two examinations.

One is a score of TOEFL/IELTS (or other test like them), another is GMAT.

The former is necessary for only non-native English user, but all appilicants including English native must take GMAT (some schools do not require applicants to take GMAT).

Until now, I have prepared for IELTS, but I should also study for GMAT because of my schedule.

GMAT is so difficult that I presume to take for a few months (at most over 1 year !? ) to acquire enough GMAT score to apply for TOP schools.

Most top schools require us to hand in over 680 and the needed scores have been rising recently because the number of applicants have increased because of this recession.

When I started to prepare for applying MBA, I attempted to study GMAT by myself. However, most applicants and alumni recommend us to use professional services. Therefore, I accepted the advices and decided to enter a prep school for GMAT.

Now, I have studied Sntence Corrction (SC grammar) and Reading Comrehension exclusively. I will also study other sections soon.

If possible, I want to take the first GMAT in June or July and finish it by September or at worst October.

Anyway, I will learn many English issues through the lessons and texts of the prep schools and never regret my way to MBA.

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lifestyle of SHINJO

Do you remember SHINJO?

As you know, he was a professional baseball player played in Japan (NPB) and USA (MLB).

Recently, I chanced to browse wikipedia’s article about SHINJO and was very impressed with it. Then, I would like to write the impression down this blog not to forget it.

In my image, he was a qualified player with especially fielding (of cource his batting was not bad although flactuated).

Futhermore, he paid strong attention to his performance and entartainment. For instance, he composed a group of mask heros with his teammates (Morimoto, Tsuboi, Ishimoto, Shimada and SHINJO) for the sake of fans. The fans might delight while the staffs might be confused.

After retirement, alledgedly he has engaged wide range of fields with his ability. He is so fashinable that he produced a perfume with a cosmetics maker.

In addition, he has drawn many pictures. In Sapporo, he held a gallery.

Why was I impressed with SHINJO?

What attracted me was not only his wide skill but also his lifestyle and creed.

When he transfered to New York Mets, few people expected him to show good performance in MLB in contrast to expectation to Ichiro who transfered to Seattle Mariners at the same time (2001).

The challenge was so risky that most people might be reluctant to take, in addition he established a steady position in Hanshin Tigers.

However he got into new frontier even though his income decreased so much.

I competely agree with his challenge because of not his following achievements in MLB but his spilit to tackle against risk in order to realise his dream.
Futhermore, he had been free from many bindings but had considered other persons.

He sometimes showed bizarre performances but often confirmed related persons to be understood the performances.

Behaviors of famous players tend to be influential for operations or behaviors of other persons, therefore his attitudes were correct and I respect him because some famous person never consider those circumstances.

He knew that his excellent performances were supported by a lot of cooperations.

For that matter, he does not keep close relationships with baseball field and he enjoy no matter what he want. He may be absolutely free from troublesome human relationships, works and value senses.

Lately, I have been more fashionable than before. However I should learn not only fashion sense but also his motivation as an entertainment, consideration, attitude not to show effrorts to others etc from SHINJO.

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donations from "DATE NAOTO"s

Recently, we can hear reports that Date Naoto, a hero of Tiger Mask (a famous wrestling comic in 70s), has donated primary school bags (ransel) or other presents for underpriviledged children.

The donation cases are reported from all prefectures and in some cases the gifts were presented with other names (Date Masamune in Miyagi and Momotaro in Okayama. Yabuki Jo also emerged).


I do not know Date Naoto because I am younger than the generation of Naoto. But I can guess that he may be loved by many children in his hayday and I love him now.


Alledgedly, this movement called "Tiger mask activity" was started from last Decemver and until now, 299 cases are reported in allover Japan (as of 12 Jan 2011).

I felt very heartful from these stories because the first goodwill stimulated other behaviors and this campaign will help many children.

In the original story, Naoto was an orphan and had sufferd a poor condition. After growth, he donated his earning to facilities for orphans. So, current Naotos are similar to authentic Naoto in Tiger mask.


Now the economy is badly weaken, however our virtue do not wither. I am very happy to confirm the fact through this voluntary campaign. Many apprehensions are shown for our society but I believe that we will be able to keep our society if we will retain our excellent virtue.


In the future, I want to conduct works which realize people’s potential good intensions with social finance or other ways.

When I will achieve my final goal, the society will greatly improved and innovated by many ambitious and generous persons.


Last but not least, thank you, Date Naoto (original and real) !!

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freedom of speech

Yesterday, I attended in an English conversation class and discussed about "freedom of expression".


At first, I was introduced a case of Chinese woman who posted her opinion urging chinese citizens to attack Japan’s pavilion in Shanghai Expo on Twitter.

Chinese Authority judged that she had disordered the society and put her into a court. Finally, she was given a sentence forcing her engaging one-year labor and re-educaiton.

I do not support her opinion and understand chinnese government’s apprehension, however I never agree with censor of any expression except for verval violences.
This case might be a violence, thus there is some room to plead the government. But I sometimes feel that Chinese authorities tend to interfere freedom of expression and Chinese public opinion often lean toward particular direction radically.
This tendency is very dangeous for not only Chinese citizens but also foreign people because the citizens is likely to be hostile toward foreigners and as a result, it becomes more difficult for us to establish friendly and sustainable relationship.

Generally speaking, right to express and insist what everyone want to say is most important and fundamental for us, especially in modern societies.

If we lack for the right, we would feel very uncomfortable and narvous. Consequently, people may accumulate complaints and at last the situation will divide the public.

Until now, the government and the Communist party seem to control public opinions and keep social oreder. However, now that people can access wide range of information from edges of the world easily even though the authorities limit the access, it will be more difficult for the government to manipulate public opinions and control the movements.

When it comes to literatures and arts, freedom of expression plays important roles.

Under censor or limitation of expression, the possibility of masterpieces will be limited and infridged.

For instance, a Soviet composer Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shostakovich suffered from pressure from the regime because the pressure had prevented him to compose musics which he want to express.

In addition, people can not admire some persons under oppression. For example, people can not admire Mitsunari Ishida, a high bureaucrat who resist against Ieyasu Tokugawa (founder of Edo Shougunate), throghout Edo era.

If they had not considered of any limitations, they would have make other arts and studies along their characters, curiosities and favors.


For Japanese, freedom of expression may be gift from other nations after WWⅡ rather than a right earned by forebears. But we should take care of this right so much and I appreciate the circumstance related with freedom now.

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Sotokoto

Today, I acquired a magazine through Amazon service.

The name of it is "Sotokoto ". "Sotokoto" means "under a tree" in the langage of an African ethnic group, Bantu.

This magazine deal with environmental topics, CSR, sustainable lifestyle, magnificent nature and so on and on the version of Feb 2011, it focuses the contents on social finance.

I was introduced it by a member of A SEED JAPAN and immediately I ordered it to Amazon.

In the magazine, I was attracted to some articles which mentioned social finance paticularly European case.

Case of Triodos Bank which I want to work during or after MBA program is mentioned and it is very interesting.

But, I slightly disappointed the article because it does not refer to the way to apply for Japanese situation.

In the future, I shall introduce the banking system of Triodos Bank but I can not learn good steps to utilize the Toriodos’s wisdom.

Of course, I should learn the excellent systeme through not only books but also other activities namely direct interview, internship and full-time job.

So, I attempt to obtain internship position in social banks like Toriodos during MBA course.

In European area, many social banks are established, thus I plan to study business in European countly including United Kingdom.

Other than this issue, I found some remarkable articles. Stories about analyzing current financial crisis, social responsible investment and sustainable lifestyle so called LOHAS are facinating.

And I read a interview to Mr. Shigeki Toma, CEO of Shinsei Bank about the bank’s strategy and his perspective. He said that Shinsei Bank will try to expand lending to venture companies and recovery projects although the steps differ from other banks but I compeletely agree with him if they can control the credit risk properly.

In conclusion, the magazine is worth paying the price of 800 yen.

I recommend you to read it if you have interest in CSR or social finance.

SOTOKOTO (ソトコト) 2011年 02月号 [雑誌]/著者不明
¥800
Amazon.co.jp
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