Gloomy in Spring

   The wind is still cold but the sun is bright, and we sowed potatoes today. My husband has already prepared seedlings .of summer vegetables like peppers and  tomatoes. We had planned a life to enjoy vegetable gardens and traveling around when we retired. But the situation of Japan is getting worse and worse, so we can’t sit quiet with a cup of tea.

   2019 is a year of a fuss for Japan; it’s the year before the Olympics in Tokyo, and the son of the emperor will become a new emperor. Both are not so important for the country, or for us, but the media is making a fuss all over. Thanks to it people pay no interest in what the government does. Prime Minister Abe made many anti-democratic laws and did many wrong things during his reign, and the biggest thing he wants to do is to change the constitution of Japan and make Japan a military nation as before. He is using the Olympics and the emperor to excite the nationalism and forget the nuclear disaster and people’s poverty. Clever Abe and foolish people!

  We also think 2019 a very important year; there are many kinds of local elections in spring and the congress election in summer. The local election has started and I’m worrying and waiting.