Children 子どもたち

グスタフ(ぐーちゃん・2歳)の大大大好きなお友達、キリアンくん(4歳)。
モアモアの心強いスタッフ・まきちゃんの息子くんです。
キリアンくんが来てくれると、ぐーちゃんは喜びのあまり舞い始め、2人でクスクス・クスクス・・・と笑いながら遊びます。モアモアの仕事で、遠出しなくてはいけないとき、忙しいとき、まきちゃんはぐーちゃんを預かってくれて、そのおかげで私たちはがんばれました。本当にありがとう・・・・♥

そして、2人が楽しそうに遊んでいるのを見ると、日本中の、そして世界中の子どもたちが、幸せに安心して暮らせることを心から願います。簡単なことではない、でも、私たちは成し遂げなければ、と思います。
地球上から災害や戦争がなくなる日はこないのか、と悲しみとあきらめの思いにとらわれそうになるけれど、出来ることから、やっていかねば、と思うのです・・。

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下記、英文では書きましたが、時機を見て、ずっと書き溜めていたことを日本語でいつか書きます。

Gustav loooves his freind Kirian. Whenever he comes and visit us, Gustav starts dancing by joy. Kirian's mom Maki has been taking care of Gustav whenever we have to work away from home, until late.She had supported us so much. Thank you Maki chan and Nick san...♥

Two little boys are so happy playing, giggling together. When I see them, I pray even more stronger, that all the children, in Japan, in the world, to have happy and safe life.......

I have noticed, how big it was, the number of the victims in Sumatra earthquake. I have noticed, how I was too ignorant to many tragics happening in the world. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan made me notice many things..

Japan must change.

Denmark, which has determined nuclear powerplant as illegal in 1988 has been investing, developing and using renewable natural powers - such as wind mill, geothermal energy and biofuels - by the political support and the concensus of the nations.
Danish government has announced that this country would be free from fossil fuels in 2050.

Japan has signed "Japan‐United States Atomic Agreement" since 1968. Together with the U.S., under the propaganda to use nuclear power for peaceful purpose and that nuclear power plant is CO2 freindly (it produces less CO2 than thermal power, fossil fuels - but nuclear power plant does produce CO2), Japan has been proceeding nuclear power as the national industry.
Even after the Fukushima accident, Japanese government is announcing that they will continue exporting nuclear power plants to abroad, such as India, Vietnam and Turkey.
The Indian government has announced that "There are nobody who would stop producing cars just because there has been accidents. Therefore we will continue proceeding nuclear power plants after the accident".

It has been difficult to get national consensus to make big investment on ecological power plants in Japan - by many reasons. Its relationship with U.S., bureaucracy, ignorance by citizens, the dominating and manipulating electricity company, corruption, the unefficiency and unclear politics of tax usage, etc etc...

There has been big opposition towards ecological power plants, for example, that ecological power plant such as wind mill is too unstable compared to nuclar power plant, thus it is not enough to support our economy.
But there are ways to solve it, as shown in Denmark.

Furthermore, the grid is not aligned and not connected even between the east and the west in Japan, and also it is not owned by nation - instead it is owned by big electricity companies such as TEPCO (The company which owns the nuclear powerplants including The ones which is in accidents, in Fukushima) so in case of lack or rebundant electricity, there are no way to share the electrocity all over Japan. Furthermore, even how much some companies, people would invest on renewable natural energies, they could not sell the energy as they are not allowed to connect to the grid nor sell them to big electricity companies - as it has been only up to the owner of the grid, who is the big electricity companies.
On the other hand, in Denmark and E.U., grid are connected and owned by nation - thus it is possible to maintain stable supply from ecological power plants, and the will of the nations is possible to be reflected to the choices of energy.

In Japan, many of the top people of the big companies are shareholders of TEPCO, and there are many politicians who are granted good jobs in TEPCO after retirenment. Many of the TV companies are sponsored by TEPCO. So the clear information, criticism of the nuclear powerplants has often been hidden or smashed. Many of the voices which had claimed the danger of the nuclear power plant, also in the connection with earthquakes, had been just ignored.
For example, in 2009, the head of the earthquake investigation center, Yukinobu Okamura had claimed that the "Jyogan earthquake" which happened 1100 years ago in Miyagi ocean with Tsunami, could happen soon, as it was investigated to happen every once in 450 -800 years - in a scale of more than maginitude 8. Also the earthquakes which had happened continuously, in a scale of the ones at Sumatra, has been predicted in Japan. Thus the report that Fukushima neuclear power plants are predicted to be not sustainable by the possible earthquake and tsunami - was submitted in 2009. But it was neglected by the ministry of economy.

And I feel that there are not enough knowledge of clean energy shared amongst Japanese citizen - many reasons can be guessed. We are an island country - although we are in this internet company, in the international world, many Japanese cannot read English, and it is different than being a country for example in Europe, where you are sorrounded by many countries. Citizens has been not interested enough in politics - our parents' generations had fought with government in 60-70's especially about how Japan has been obliged to the treaty with U.S. - but ended up failing, and after that there are "given-up" mood. The Japanese government was following treaty with U.S. for the nuclear power - there must be many who wanted to keep nuclear power and oppose to the new coming clean energy, to keep their rights and profits.

We ended up having 29% of our energy made by nuclear power plant. So it would be difficult to change right away . It would take time, effort, huge investment.

But I strongly believe we must pay the price in order to get the safe society, by investing in technology to spread the clean energy - such as biofuels, geothermal plant, wind mill, solar power, wave activated power, for the sake of children - in Japan, and in the world.

I believe we can learn a lot from Denmark and Iceland, countries with the most developed clean energy facilities. As a Japanese living in Denmark, I believe I can do a lot, to introduce how these countries had gained the clean energy.

I wish I could stop Japan to export nuclear power plants to India, Vietnam, Turkey, and many developing countries. Even the most advanced nuclear power plants cannot be free from possibility of accidents by itself - and furthermore, there are always a threat of terrorism or natural disaster. Even how much the risk percentage is small, once there is an accident, it could be an accident that we can never go back.

Another aspect I have noticed - 67% of Japanese women quit their carrier after delivering baby. 38% of the politicians in Denmark is women.
I was impressed when I found out that Denmark is pulled by the power of women.
The main reason that I have chosen to work at Danish company (A.P. Møller) back then when I have graduated university was that I could not find any Japanese companies which was giving equal rights to women. I believe, we Japanese women must change - to lead our society, and contribute to society and politics.I think there are many aspects that women can sees different than men - we think of children, we think in longer term.

The democracy has not been deeply grown in Japan - as it did not came naturally in Japan. It was planted, or has been torn apart, or forgotten or corrupted in many ways.

There are many difficulties waiting. But we must change.

The world is gaining 16% of its electricity from nuclear power plants.
I believe this is the time for all of us to change - nature has huge power by itself - sun, wind, waves, etc etc... Nuclear power plant is not CO2 neutral, and its risk is too huge compared to its advantage. And even if we will be a little more free of CO2, we will be stuck by Plutonium instead anyway.

And when there are pollution of radiation, the risk is always the higest for baby, children - although it is not them who made the nuclear power plants.....how tragic can that be?

Our wisdom must be used for the renewable natural energy, instead of being stuck by the dangerous power - for the sake of our children and the earth.


Here are the quote from The New York Times, written by Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami.

"......Ten years ago I wrote a novel in which a middle-school student, delivering a speech before Parliament, says: “This country has everything. You can find whatever you want here. The only thing you can’t find is hope.”

One might say the opposite today: evacuation centers are facing serious shortages of food, water and medicine; there are shortages of goods and power in the Tokyo area as well. Our way of life is threatened, and the government and utility companies have not responded adequately.

But for all we’ve lost, hope is in fact one thing we Japanese have regained. The great earthquake and tsunami have robbed us of many lives and resources. But we who were so intoxicated with our own prosperity have once again planted the seed of hope. So I choose to believe."