This morning's Yomiuri Shimbun carried an editorial cartoon by Takeru Suzuki that was so eloquent I'm going to repeat it here.
Remember the post about Ichiro Ozawa and his money scandal? How he believed he was untouchable because "the people love him?" Only in his dreams!
The cartoon showed him holding a cell phone with the full, three bar symbol. The caption says "the message is finally getting through". Today's headlines are the same in every paper: Ichiro Ozawa--the man who has done more than any living Japanese to bring a military/industrial complex to life in a country that doesn't want one--will step down at last.
Maybe we'll get to keep our universal health coverage and an educational system that yields a hundred percent literacy after all.
Okinawa Looks Like This
Peaceful: a beautiful place for a walk
自己紹介
- Chura
- Born and raised in the USA (NJ), I’ve spent most of my adult life in Japan. One of my favorite places in Japan is Okinawa. To me, Okinawa is a land of stories and an island of music, magic and mystery. The music is shima-uta, songs sung to the rhythm of a three-stringed lute called a sanshin. The magic is in the colors of land, sea and sky. The mystery? Mystery begins where the line between legend and verifiable human memories begins to blur. I am a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, chapter chief of a sanshin study society, and a founding member of the Marine Culture Research Association of Okinawa.