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My name is Shizue Tomoda. After retiring from the international civil service, I pursue my interest in creative writing.
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Category Archives: Happiness
Salt in Hammam, a Japanese style
Going to onsen, or hot spring spa, is a favorite pastime for Japanese. Overnighting at a posh ryokan, offering sumptuous meals and attractive views, is a luxury. Being a volcanic archipelago, however, Japan can provide hot spring anywhere, if deep … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Humour, Japan, Multicultural
Tagged Greek statue, hammam, hot spring spa, jacuzzi, mackerel, onsen, ryokan, salt in hammam, sauna, shimesaba, steam bath, sushi, Turkish bath, volcanic archipelago
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Okinawa’s Burden
Recently, I visited Okinawa for the third time, all trips being related to my support for Okinawa’s struggle against their being treated like second-class citizens in their own country, Japan. Okinawa used to be a small, peaceful kingdom surviving on … Continue reading
Sexual discrimination at entrance to Tokyo Medical University
According to the statistics recently released by the Ministry of Education, the proportion of women in undergraduate studies in Japan as in May, 2018 reached 45%, the highest ever. They were 31.3% and 33.6% in master’s and doctorate courses respectively, … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, Economic development, Happiness, Japan, Labour issues, Men and Development, Multicultural, occupation, skills training, Women & Development
Tagged back-door entrance, Dr. Yoshiko Maeda, entrance exam at medical school, ILO Convention No.156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, Japan Medical Women's Association, Japanese ratification of ILO conventions, Japanese women in school of higher learning, maternity leave among medical staff, PM Abe, Prof. Noriko Wakao, sexual discrimination, shortage of medical staff, Tokyo Medical University
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Lies, empty promises and deception around the Japanese nuclear policy
In March this year, Japan commemorated the sixth anniversary of the powerful earthquake and the tsunami responsible for destruction in vast areas along the northeastern coast of Honshu, north of Tokyo. These natural disasters caused power failure at a nuclear … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, Economic development, Energy policy, Happiness, Japan, National wealth, Nuclear energy
Tagged active fault, earthquake, Fukushima, Futaba town, Honshu, Ikata nuclear plant, Inland Sea, JCER, Kyushu, Median Tectonic Line, METI, NRC, Sadamisaki peninsula, Shikoku, Shikoku power company, Takashi Hirose, TEPCO, tsunami, Yonden
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Inhumane Treatment of Nuclear Disaster Victims
On October 02, I visited the towns of Tomioka and Naraha in Fukushima prefecture. Tomioka is situated within 10 km south of Fukushima Dai-ichi (No. 1) nuclear power plant, where four of the six reactors exploded following the major earthquake … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer treatment, democracy, Economic development, Energy policy, Happiness, Japan, Men and Development, Multicultural, Nostalgia, Nuclear energy, Women & Development
Tagged evacuation order, Fukushima prefecture, health, Houkyou-ji, housing aid for evacuees, human rights, ICRP, inhumanity, Mr. Tokuo Hayakawa, Naraha, nature, nuclear disaster victim, nuclear power plant, screening effect, TEPCO, the Citizen's Network for Evacuees from Radiation, thyroid cancer, Tomioka, travel, voluntary evacuees
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Essay: Ageing female prisoners in Japan
According to the 2013 edition of World Population Ageing, a UN report, Japan was most aged society in the world with 32% of its population being 60 years or over. Italy and Germany came second and third, both with nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Economic development, Happiness, Japan, Multicultural, Philosophy, skills training, Women & Development
Tagged ageing female prisoner, ageing of population, canes and walkers, cataract, communication skills, counselling in prison, diabetes, economic development, Germany, high blood pressure, homes for old people, husband's violence, independent mind, inmates, insecurity, Italy, Japan, Japanese women, loneliness, lumbago, meaning of life, parents-in-law, prison clinic, psychological wound, purpose of life, recidivists, shoplifting, theft, wishes and dreams
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