応援している力士

　　応援している力士は「嘉風」です。大きくはない体格で非常に良くがんばっていると思います。偶然飛行機内で
　近くでまじかに見る機会がありました。普通の男性よりも身長が低いのでびっくりしました。

日本が中国の不正行為をとがめる。

　中国は領有権の拡大を目的に、南シナ海の南沙諸島を
埋め立て、人工島を建設しているが、その人工島は、
「シーレーン（海上交通路）」において、非常に重要な
場所に位置している。中東から輸出された石油は、
インド洋や南シナ海を通り、日本およびその先のアメ
リカまで運ばれる。
　China fills up Spratly Islands of the South China
Sea for the purpose of expansion of the dominium
and builds the artificial island, but the artificial island
is located in the very important place in "sea-lane"
(sea lane). The oil exported from the Middle East is
carried to Japan and the United States of there through
the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
Approximately 100% of resources from the Middle East
will go along the sea-lane including the South China
Sea for Japan and the country of the East Asia.
In international law, it is a basic rule that
"dominium is not accepted in the artificial island".
Originally there were only a rock and a coral reef and,
in the place where China insisted, "it is the territory
of the own country", filled there up artificially.
It isn't possible to regard that as "island(= Chinese
territory)", of course, and it isn't possible to set
an exclusive economic zone and forbid movement of
shipping of other countries. But China is insisting on
that illegally.

Moreover, other countries have difficulty dealing with
it because it is becoming a military base with three
runways into the artificial island. By the military
base in the artificial island located in the center of the
South China Sea, whole East Asia may be put under
the control of China military. Therefore, for neighbor
countries, the movement of China becomes the big menace
Under these circumstances, the United States did
not go for practical movement. However, the future
development is greatly changing by security-related
law having been passed in Japan in September
When we think about such China's way, the security of
East Asia cannot be maintained by the United States
alone anymore. The cooperation system of neighbor
countries including Japan is necessary.

我が家のお雑煮

我が家のお雑煮は私の生まれるずっと以前から伝えられているお雑煮です。前日に、お鍋に水を用意して昆布を入れておきます。元日の朝、こぶだしのでた汁の入ったお鍋を火にかけ四角い形のお餅を数個入れ、しばらくして昆布をとりだします。替わりに結び目のある細い昆布を数個入れます。お餅がやわらかくなったらゆずと小さい紅いかまびこと白いかまぼことをいれて、一、二度かるくかきまぜた後に、おわんによそって出来上がりです。すまし汁ですが普段よりすこしうすい味にしあげます。おもちの味、紅白のかまぼこの味、ゆずの味、が昆布の味と共においしく味わうことが出来ます。きわめて
上品なお雑煮でだいすきです。

北朝鮮との交渉は断つべきである

It is so many years since Japanese Government started negotiation with North

Korea about the abduction issue. This looks the same as the negotiation with

ISIS on the release of hostages. There are many people who think that the case of

North Korea is worse than ISIS.

I think it is good to completely terminate the negotiation with North Korea.

I feel very sorry for people of the family of the Japanese abductee.

They have been hoping that their family members come back to Japan from North

Korea only in vain. Now it has become clear that keeping negotiating is waste

of the tax, the time, and the labor.

Shinzo Abe will be a considerable stupid if he thinks he can solve Japanese

abduction issue by the negotiation with North Korea.

We want to confirm a principle – “We should never negotiate with a criminal

group.” We should not give money or things to the criminal by negotiations.

The crime will be repeated again and again if we give money to the criminal.

Japan should terminate the negotiation with North Korea.

What do you think?

自分の人生に影響を与えた本

　「路傍の石」（ろぼうのいし）は、山本有三の小説です。決して楽とはいえない人生を送る少年が主人公です。主人公の周囲のひとたち、少年自身の心の動き、など考えさせられることの多い小説でした。小学生時代にこの本と出会ってよかったなあと思うことが多々ありました。
　現代の小学生のひとたちも良い本に出会えると良いですね。