Monday, December 1, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
My UCCR theory may give some penetrating insights into the prospects for future events accompanied by uncertainties. According to the UCCR theory, future events aren't predetermined exactly. The current events have just been determined, and the past events have already been determined definitely. It's rather easy to be aware of what's going on right now if it's perceivable by the senses. If a past event was recorded correctly and its record is reproducible, what occurred in the past may be easily identified. If not, it's a solid fact that the past events disappeared without leaving any trace in most cases and can't be reproducible. Therefore, there is no way to know accurately that the unrecorded past events are certain.
The UCCR theory isn't in conflict with the principle of causality totally but makes it in our macroscopic world obscure to some extent. As far as the cause and effect relationship exists as an undeniable principle, it may be possible to guess a past event in some cases by tracing back to the past following some delicate hints based on the relationship. Without having any trustworthy record or fortuitous leftovers, however, a past event can't be proven. The UCCR theory may offer the additional reason why past events can't be accurately conjectured by retrogressing according to the causality relationship.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
Although the past events can't be accurately conjectured in my theory, some hints to reveal both who the aforementioned wiretappers are and who asked them to wiretap me for a long period of time may be found. There are some particular patterns in their ways of trumping up charges on the slightest pretext. Obviously, there should exist some benefits obtained by doing it, as written previously. They have a strange tendency in a roundaround manner to inform me of the fact that they are wiretapping my conversations, emails, web accesses, TV viewing, and purchases. It seems that they have a definite tendency to follow a unique psychological creed supportive of excess surveillance, like the way of the security service Stasi.
Firstly, they create opportunities to hear what I speak, to see what I write, and to impose their opinions convenient for them on me with the usual measures bordering on fraud, while justifying themselves in doing those, for instance by circulating some groundless outrageous rumors about me in advance, not only in Japan but also surprisingly in the US. One of them may claim that he or she was deeply hurt either by my thoughtless word or by my behavior, without telling either that they heard it through wiretapping a telephone line or listening in to my communications at home, or that they saw it with surreptitious recordings at the rooms where my privacy should be protected. They don't say that they engineered some troubles as a strategy beforehand, either. They also hinder me in various ways while pretending to be worried sick about either my close relatives or me. Most unfortunately, some of my relatives and acquaintances can't turn down the requests for their assistance. In order to gain some profits directly or indirectly, they keep saying that they have enlightened me a good deal previously, so that I can do it and then many others also can do. They have a disproportionate emphasis on the brand name colleges or the academic degrees such as PhD & MBA, rather than the record performances at a university and the achievements at a company. For the benefit of some particular industries, public enterprises, and theirs, they place perfunctory reliance on anything useful such as the political beliefs of socialism, communism, and totalitarianism, the necessities of sports festivals and education, the religious beliefs, the philosophical teachings, etc., depending upon the situation.
It seems to me that the hints above clearly indicate who they are. However, the finding from these hints is only a guess, according to the UCCR theory.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner. It's a cold, sunny day. Today's minimum temperature is –0.8 degrees C (30.6 degrees F) and the maximum temperature is 4.6 degrees C (40.3 degrees F) in the Okaya-Suwa district of Nagano prefecture. As the temperature declines, my brain becomes less active.
On Black Friday this year, a man crazily fired more than 100 bullets on the walls of the Mexican Consulate in Austin, the capital of Texas. According to news sources, it became known recently that about 100 brains, including the brain of the clock tower sniper, in the formaldehyde jars went missing from the Austin campus of the University of Texas.
Strangely enough, there has been NHK TV coverage of the sports events at the facilities that were recently built in Austin Texas. It's unreasonably frequent, considering a city the size of Austin, which is the fourth largest city in Texas. The circuit racecourses, one of which Formula One racing can be held annually, were also constructed there years ago. Because it sounds unnatural, my wife and I have avoided watching these TV sports programs, so far.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Got up at seven-thirty in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner. It snowed last night. Although the World Metrological Organization forecasted that the average worldwide temperature this year would be the hottest ever recorded, it's surely cold in the Okaya-Suwa district of Nagano prefecture, which is situated about 1000 meters above sea level, in December. Japan's degree of dependence on coal-fired power generation is currently about 30 %, approximately compensating for the suspensions of its nuclear power plants.
According to the news source, 100 missing brains were found at the University of Texas at San Antonio, which is the third largest city in Texas. It sounds as if some American journalists supporting either politicians or capitalists may be playing a word game. If so, a word of 100 brains, which they said were either previously or recently moved from Austin to San Antonio for some reason, may be a metaphor for their hope for a possible shift of the flow of future investments from the casino industry, the space industry, the semiconductor industry or the energy industry to the health care industry in Texas. It's usually true that there are many struggles for a bigger share of a budget in many places, but this time I may merely read too much into what a journalist reported.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Got up at seven-thirty in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
An election is a process by which people vote to choose a person or a group for an official position, or a policy in a democratic society. It goes without saying that it's rare for every voter to find a candidate or a political party, all the campaign pledges, or all the party platforms that are agreeable to his or her opinions perfectly. A voter usually casts a ballot for a candidate whose public commitments best fit his or her wishes or that who makes a favorable impression on his or her mind. Some voters would like to choose a candidate who has something in common with them, and other voters would like to choose a candidate who is totally different from them.
Some of the people who have a political orientation to totalitarianism may blindly claim that a voter who casts a ballot for a candidate has to dismiss the opinions of his or hers that are contradictory to those of a candidate, or conversely, some of those who have a penchant for individualism may sarcastically claim the same as above. That's nonsense. It's simply obvious that a voter doesn't need to give up any of his or her opinions, as long as he or she observes the law. A voter only casts a ballot for either a candidate or a political party that looks better than others. I didn't say anything out of the ordinary today. I wrote this common view because I sometimes think that the aforementioned wiretappers might be possibly picking a quarrel over trivial matters about politics found in my everyday conversation and diary.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner. It's a chilly day.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Got up at eight forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast and a bowl of Japanese noodle soup for lunch. Went out shopping at a grocery store this afternoon. Ate a Japanese meal for dinner.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese one-pot meal for dinner.
Pressures from outside the country and ideological madness of being ready to die to defend their honor were the mainsprings of a civil war in Japan during the closing days of the Tokugawa regime. However, that ideological madness had to be calmed down considerably after Japan went into the international arena and began bearing comparisons with the world powers to some extent early in the twentieth century. This is because it's only a vulnerable point that some stronger countries of the analysis took advantage of. The then Government of Japan made a definite mistake seventy-three years ago today, resulting in an inevitable defeat of the Pacific War that had lasted for about four years while inflicting heavy innocent casualties from both sides.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Got up at seven-thirty in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
When trouble is stirred up, each individual should have the right to choose the path to give his or her forgiveness, the path to take his or her retaliation, or another path. These selectable paths are what religious beliefs and moral education have led people to. As long as each individual carries out an intention in conformity to the law, for instance in a law court, on a sports ground, or in the business world, he or she can choose either path rather safely, at least on the surface.
Many of the complicated issues that have been festering between the two countries for a long period of time have defied solutions intrinsically. The above-mentioned logic can't be simply applied to the long-lasting issues between the countries in most cases because the authority and the neutrality of international arbitration aren't good enough and many people and factors have been involved in the issues for a long time. It amounts to this, that the world's police force and the world's administration of justice on neutral ground are necessary. Any ruling political party in the counties shouldn't appeal its religious orientation eminently, because it makes the issues between the counties more unsolvable. Without engaging in warfare if possible, each country may maintain its necessary defense forces. The remark that these international problems will solve themselves in the course of time is right only if each country stops causing new problems. Indeed, a variety of new problems have arisen ceaselessly.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
My daily exercises for about 15 minutes consist of a set of 100 sit-ups, a set of 50 push-ups, a set of isometrics, and a set of stretching for the purpose of maintaining good health, and my daily practices for about 20 minutes consist of reading aloud a presentation file about my previous works for the purpose of maintaining my knowledge of the semiconductor devices and also improving my English pronunciation skills.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
When the performances and accomplishments of either an individual or a small group are measured, there's no denying that the Japanese still have been eclipsed by Europeans and Americans on the whole, though the differences have been becoming smaller gradually. There are many causes of it. Some of these causes can be attributed to the primitive customs remaining in the stagnating Asian societies, which are only hindrances to success for individuals.
When the performances and accomplishments of a group of thousands or larger with each other are compared, however, the Japanese have shown their abilities to be competitive with Europeans and Americans in many areas because of their distinctive tendency that has been cultivated in Japan since the medieval period. In order to outgrow their old self, Japan needs to improve drastically the abilities of some individuals or small groups in overseeing matters from an appropriately broad viewpoint and in directing the future courses more cleverly and constructively on their own efforts.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
For general uses in consumer electronics, Hewlett-Packard announced its future SoC technology utilizing the integrated optical fibers connecting the system core and the memory banks on a chip this June. The US Navy disclosed a video of the testing of its new Laser Weapon System installed on the USS Ponce to the press recently. It's a short-range defense system. Because it's difficult to downsize its electric power system to a portable size, the LaWS can be installed only on a fort, a large ship, a large vehicle, etc. for military uses. In the world of entertainment, Episode 7 of Star Wars, which tells an SF story that laser lights zing this way and that, is scheduled for release next December. Times are changing certainly.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast and a bowl of Japanese noodle soup for lunch. Went out shopping at a grocery store this afternoon. Ate a Japanese meal for dinner.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Got up at nine-thirty in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese one-pot meal for dinner. I have a slight cold due not to the flu but to a recent cold snap. It's been a long time since I had a cold last.
Monday, December 15, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
The imports and ways of what senior politicians and businesspeople say and those that senior average journalists write in Japan are typical of Japanese in general. To put it simply, these aren't insufficient in meaning and aren't straightforward in manner on purpose. It's rather difficult to get the main points of what they would like to talk about or to see whether they really understand what they are talking about. Although there may have been some little changes in younger generations, whether the changes are in the improving direction or in the deteriorating direction is unknown. Sometimes keeping silent about some matters may be desirable, but the ways of explanation should be kept clear and accurate. It seems to me that these conventional ways blunt their insights.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Got up at seven-thirty in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner. By this morning, the slight fever had already receded. There was a rather heavy snowfall today.
The logical and clear ways of thinking and explanation were most actively introduced to the areas of science and technology in Japan because these ways are essential. The Asian-style impositions of matters that are based on their own self-interests should be contested absolutely and, of course, be denied in science. In Japan, logical and clear ways of explanation may have been taught at college or higher education in general. Like some advanced countries in Europe and North America, logical and clear ways of thinking and explaining should also be introduced to other areas such as business and politics more energetically in Japan. When Japan took the role of manufacturing for countries of the world upon itself in the post-war era, its favorite high-productivity underpinned by its ethos came out near the front in the world economy successfully. Since a shadow began falling on the demands for its manufacturing because of the rise of its neighboring countries, Japan needed to guide itself to be successful in the areas of international business and politics, where Japan wasn't competitive with some advanced countries in Europe and North America in essence, probably in the 1980s or earlier. It can be said that falling behind in the improvement in logical and clear ways in these areas is a major cause of its lingering sluggish economy. Chinese elites may have already caught up with Japanese counterparts in the areas of international business and politics and may be overtaking it in these areas right now, though on average Chinese still haven't caught up with the Japanese in many areas to date. For the last three decades, American elites may have sarcastically regarded Japanese counterparts as people with an excellent high-school education, whether they have realized it or not. Nowadays, American elites may consider that Chinese counterparts are the people with a college education with some refractory friends. Some Californians and Texans may say that Chinese are harmless to them, and some New Englanders may be watching out for China's traditional strategy that relies on its new friends.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Got up at seven-thirty in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a bowl of Japanese noodle soup for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner. A light snow is still falling.
The complete suppression of the ideological madness while maintaining the rationally passionate emotion seems to be what Japan needed to pursue in the post-war era. As a matter of course, the winners compelled Japan to suppress it completely. There is no doubt that the suppression has progressed significantly with the times, though people should have different opinions as to whether it's sufficient or not. Indeed, with either amiable intentions or malicious intentions, one of the winners wanted Japan to keep the ideological madness while promoting individualism. Undesirably, the necessary passion may have been declining gradually but surely since the end of the rapid growth of its economy.
The logical and clear ways of thinking and explanation should have been brought in the areas of business and politics more actively since the 1980s or earlier. As written several times in my diary, Japanese scientists and engineers had to start cultivating their own abilities in the creative and liberal ways of thinking more effectively at graduate schools or workplaces in the same period of time as above. After it became one of the developed countries in that period, Japan was required to possess these abilities suitable for a member of the G7 and to bring something the other developed countries were unable to notice there.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Got up at seven-thirty in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and an Asian meal for dinner. The normalization of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba was announced today.
My opinion on the future domestic transportation utilizing both electric vehicles and hydrogen-fueled vehicles was briefly described in my diary on July 4 this year. The above opinion of mine is more careful than what the Japanese Auto industry has been proposing. Without the necessary data, however, I can't judge whether my opinion is too cautious or not. The data I would like to see is the magnitude of the damage caused by an accidental explosion of a vehicle, the fuel tank toughened with carbon fiber, or other materials of which is filled up with hydrogen gas, that caused by an accidental explosion of hydrogen fuel lorry that is filled up with an amount of liquid hydrogen, and especially that caused by an accidental explosion of a hydrogen fuel station, the huge underground tank of which is filled up with a large amount of liquid hydrogen. An explosion of a hydrogen fuel station is probably as intense as that of a large space rocket. If it were only comparable to an explosion of a gasoline fuel station for the reason that the tanks were buried underground or other reasons, I could think that my opinion was too cautious.
Anyway, the era of gasoline-engined vehicles with a hybrid electric option will continue for the next few decades. The era of electric vehicles and/or hydrogen-fueled vehicles will follow it.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
There's a lot of awful news in Japan this year. The news about the criminal acts that the foods were intentionally laced with poison, insects, bacteria, etc. hurt my feelings very much. This sort of news reminded me of some past problems in my physical condition in the middle of the 2000s. It naturally follows that the aforementioned wiretappers might be involved in such criminal activities as either perpetrators or agitators. I believe that no one can avoid getting out of a condition if some groups set their minds on harming his or her condition intentionally with these satanic ways.
No little surprise has been occasioned nowadays by the frequent occurrences of criminal cases related to the use and/or the trade of various kinds of illegal or law-evading drugs in Japan. The news about illegal drugs hurt my feelings too. Times have become very corrupt indeed. For some political reason or other, some sort of Asians and their friends in the US tried to impose their primitive values, including tobacco smoking, on me with their fraudulent ways. As written several times, I dislike smoking tobacco and dropping butts. The aforementioned wiretappers might also be involved in those cheating.
According to the UCCR theory, however, the finding from these hints is only a guess. It's to be desired that evil deeds will bring inevitable retributions.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a dish of Japanese pasta for dinner. It's a rainy day.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Got up at eight forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast and a bowl of Japanese noodle soup for lunch. Went out shopping at a grocery store this afternoon. Ate a Japanese meal for dinner.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese one-pot meal for dinner.
My opinion on a two-party system for Japan will be briefly described again today. As written in my diary, I prefer a two-party system to other multi-party systems because of the avoidance of a dictatorship, the observance of democracy, and so on. It seems to me that it's difficult for Japan to form and maintain a US-like two-party system that consists of a conservative party and a reformist party. I think that Japan needs to form a two-party system that can divide the opinions of its bureaucracy in two roughly. It's hard to believe that half the members of the Japanese bureaucracy have a revolution in thought. Most of them are very conservative. Both parties should persevere in their efforts to raise the next generations of leaders who will be capable of reforming systems and laws in Japan with or without pressures from outside for the purpose of making it more competitive in international politics, especially with some growing neighboring countries. Although a UK-like two-party system seems to be more realistic, there are other problems with incompatibility. A two-party system that is rather different from both the US and UK two-party systems, for instance, a more capitalist party & a more socialist party, a pro-Europe American party & a pro-Asian party, should be most desirable. If administrative and legislative functions are relocated from the current capital to a new district in Japan like Washington DC and Canberra in the future, a two-party system consisting of a centralization party and a decentralization party may be an interesting idea somewhat but it's only a stopgap measure. Obviously, the time isn't right for it.
A three-party system may function well if any coalition can be prohibited. However, the establishment of a three-party system with no coalition will make it more difficult to amend the Constitution of Japan than its present political system does. It seems that for a while the establishment of a two-party system will fit the necessities of Japan after some articles of the Constitution are revised wisely.
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Western meal following an aperitif for dinner.
When irritant oil from poison ivy touches the skin or a large amount of spores from mold are drawn into the lungs, it may cause some allergic reactions depending upon individual differences and conditions. Irritant oil from poison ivy is a typical nuisance that people often encounter in the gardens and the thickets in Texas the US. In Nagano prefecture Japan, mold is what we should control in order to prevent allergies due to it. A large difference in temperature between the inside and the outside of a house causes the formation of dew during the cold seasons, and as the season gets warmer mold begins growing on some damp parts of the interior walls of the rooms and the bases of the beddings. Sweeping up the wet walls and airing out the futons at regular intervals at the appropriate seasons should help control mold easily. My wife suffered from mild allergic dermatitis due to mold for a few months this spring. Soon after we started controlling mold here, her skin problem disappeared completely.
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Got up at eight-fifteen in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
Sins might be forgiven. To my knowledge, however, no one in their right mind has preached that sins of the devils and their servants who scruple at no form of villainy ceaselessly might be forgiven.
Friday, December 26, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a dish of Japanese pasta for dinner.
If administrative and legislative functions really have to be relocated from central Tokyo to a new district in Japan like Washington DC and Canberra in the near future for the purpose of making its administration more neutral, the question of where it should be has been controversial. The place may be a rather small district relatively close to either Tokyo or Kyoto. For instance, the city of Tsukuba seems to be reasonable and affordable in view of the distances from the Imperial Palace and the existing International Airport, the existence of many national research institutions, and so on. The relocation to a district within about an hour away from central Kyoto by car may be more advantageous than the above in terms of the effectiveness of neutralization and decentralization and the existence of historical structures in neighboring areas, but it will require a lot of changes and costs. As far as the precaution against future calamities in a new district that has to be more secure than that in central Tokyo is concerned, there can be little to choose between two candidate districts.
As written a few days ago, the time isn't right for the relocation of the capital in the 2010s. If people were merely unconscious of the impending disaster for central Tokyo in this period of time, there wouldn't have been enough time for it anyhow. When people's concern for the advancement of decentralization is still passionate about half a decade hence or later, the relocation of the capital to a new district in Japan may be worthwhile. If not, there will be no good enough incentive to do so.
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast and a Japanese meal for lunch. Went out shopping at a grocery store this afternoon. Ate a Japanese meal for dinner.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Today is our 13th wedding anniversary. Got up at eight-thirty in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a bowl of Japanese noodle soup for lunch, and a Japanese meal following an aperitif for dinner.
Monday, December 29, 2014
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Malaysia's airline companies have recently had their third crash of this year. Maritime accidents have often happened in the Mediterranean these days. The high frequency of such accidents there mystifies me.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a piece of bread for breakfast, a Japanese meal for lunch, and a Japanese meal following an aperitif for dinner.
