Historical Decline in the US market

On Sep. 29th, the Dow fell down sharply and it was worst record in the history. I was worried about today's Tokyo market reaction. I can see the connection between Japanese markets and the US. Today, the Nikkei 225 declined about 4%, and the investors keep distance until the bailout bill will be passed and accomplished.

Today I reported the foreign exchange market in a whole day from 6am to 6pm with sitting my chair for almost 12 hours and writing 11 articles. Hard to find out what is happening, and the reasons of its movement. Simply, so tired and feel headache.

A review: 24 season 6

I have been thinking of movie business, especially the Hollywood movie industry. It entertains us in many ways. At the same time, I have begun to think of its political role in the global level. I had watched the series of 24 season 6 by DVD set. It begins with a logo of Fox Home Entertainment. When we hear the name of Fox, we can imagine the guy, Rupert Murdoch.

This season, the image of stories is dark. And I must say about my feeling toward the nuclear weapon. I understand this is an entertainment, but I can't help thinking of unrealistic atmosphere which will have a certain level of social impact to people.

Very excited and thrilled. These are the attractive points of 24, but I feel it is too much to show the killing scenes.

Formula One in the Night of Singapore

I have just watched the Formula One in Singapore. The circuit is the street of normal roads located in the center of Singapore. The first time I heard about this project, it sounded very unrealistic and dangerous. However, I saw on TV, and it seemed well-organised and good opportunity to let people know how Singapore managed this kind of big project.

Sleepy holiday

Today is a national holiday and I slept for 12 hours... and still sleepy. Being away from news makes me comfortable, but begin to feel I need to catch up after one moment. I hope the crisis will change something related to greed, and just turn to normal.

I finished watching the American TV drama "24 season 6". I will talk about it later. This may be another reason why I got tired.

Economic Turbulence

The last week will be a historical one. The news coming out of Japan have affected very much and the turbulence seems to continue. Who created this, and who has this responsibility? In democracy, people can show their feeling and opinion through voting, but what about the things related economy? Is it good to let the market move or is it necessary to have some "control" to keep stability?

When I look at Japanese media reports, I can see many articles which quoted the other news media's stories. According to the Financial Times, according to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times reported... does this happen because of lack of journalists' ability?

People want to know what happens now and the reasons as well. The movements which come out are so many and change rapidly. I understand journalists may feel hard to catch up and analyse them.

Many bloggers already put their insights on each event. If we want to know what these events mean, we can have option to think of. I personally feel that journalists need balance between knowledge and simple questions like why and what will be next.

Thinking of Love

I have been thinking of love recently. I can feel many kinds of love from parents, friends... and start feeling how much I can give my love to them in return. And thinking of meaning of love.

Sounds innocent and naive a little, but I want to tell about my vision of love so far. I have been thinking everybody is weak enough to rely on love with wanting love from others. Contradiction. I am not good at some sort of psychological game between someone and me in love relationship and think it is selfish and ugly to get involved. But now, I can feel I have changed slowly to see love.

Love is more easy for people and natural. If you get a partner, you can feel brave in any circumstance, and that's what people say. And to understand and know love, people will change the way of thinking and living. More kind to others.

Lehman Brothers

When I looked at today's major Japanese newspapers morning edition, I could not find the detailed articles on Lehman Brothers. It announced about its financial report on quarter basis and its restructuring policies last night (Tokyo Time). I was not sure what was the point of Lehman's problems and there was no answer on papers...

I am wondering if economy and business issues are important to everybody's life but the way of presentation through media tends to be small or just reported simply without any deep analysis. Is it too technical? Yes, I think so but it is necessary to take it back to people's brain to understand what happens. That would be one of the important role for media.

My Grandfather

Today was a kind of special day... in 1987, my grandfather passed away in the night of September 9th to 10th. He ate dinner with us and I remember he and I talked about Shakespeare. He tried to explain about the story but I said "oh please stop saying the end because I am still reading it". After chatting with him, I started to read Shakespeare, and my
grandfather took his bath. I was feeling very thirsty but the book was almost finished. I was thinking of the scene which I finished it and talked to him about it.

My mother said "I am just wondering why he is taking so long time to take a bath today" and went to the bath room and suddenly I heard a loudly voice of my mother. She needed some help because she found my father laid in the bath room.

After his death, I swear to myself that I would strive to study as much as I can. In addition to it, I decided to encourage my grandmother who would be lonely without my grandfather, and I tried to cheer up.

Time flies so fast and when I look back the day, I feel it is like yesterday. At the same time, I can feel accumulation of my days since then. I really want to keep my great memories with my grandfather who gave me my first diary book and taught me the importance of writing it.

Thunder and Rain

I went to a barber this afternoon and it took for almost an hour. After my haircut, I felt thirsty and bought a package of vegetable juice. Then on my way to home, I found the rental shop of CD and DVD and took around for 30 minutes or so.

When I got out from the shop, I noticed that the sky was getting too dark. And suddenly it started raining very hard with thunder. The amount of rain was so much and I thought it was like the Southeast Asia... 10 years ago, I went to Malaysia for a short visit and I experienced this type of rain.

I am afraid of thinking that this phenomena is because of global warming. I have tried to take some thunder photos but they are not clear.

A sudden resignation... Fukuda

Japanese prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda announced his resignation tonight suddenly. He said this was a good timing to announce his resignation as the Diet had closed yet. A year ago, Shinzo Abe suddenly announced his resignation because of his illness. Fukuda denied the sickness as a reason of resignation. One big reason was the opposition party which has shut down its window to discuss about the future of Japan with the ruling party.

I feel empty to see his press conference on TV. He shows his high pride, and the way of his talk was just like other people's affairs. His action will affect everybody's life, but he seemed he almost said "I do not care what you feel... I want to drop out of this game".

I know that politics is a kind of psychological game. It requires politicians to be tough, and I can see Fukuda's weakness in tough situation. No passion to break through the wall between the ruling party and opposition party. Did he appeal his frustration to public with his words? No. He seemed not to believe in the power of words. He just follows his aesthetic which everybody cannot follow.

What kind of action do we take along with the concept, taking one's responsibility in this circumstance? What is the leadership? Fukuda has stayed as a prime minister for only a year.