The word is “Frontier of Emerging Issue”, say in Japanese “Kadai
Shenshi Koku”. Hiroshi Komiyama, the precedent president of
the University of Tokyo, said Japan is one of these countries.
It means that …
Japan has many problems that other countries have yet to face.
However, other counties are expected they will suffer from some
of those problems in near future. Therefore, what we need to do
is find the way to solve the problems that Japan faces now and
send out this solution to the other countries to help. Then, let us
be a leader of the world as a “Frontier of Emerging Issue.”
This is the way to thinking of him. I already told you, but I repeat
that. I really like his way to thinking. It is so positive.
In general thinking of Japanese, problem is just a problem and we deal with this problem just as a big burden.
However, his way to thinking let us have an idea that
there is a true chance when we are in a problem.
Now, let us check one example what kind of problem Japan
struggle with. Actually, I think there are many… but I pick one
from them. I think the issue of declining birthrate and an aging
society is a good example.
Comparing with 20% in U.S., the percentage of children who are
younger than 15 in Japan is 13%, which has declining for 35
years. This is the lowest among the 31 major countries, trailing
Italy and Germany. The number of people 65 and
older has reached 22.5%. Sorry to say, but the actions that
Japanese government took have yet to finish in good result.
However, I expect that china and India will have a same problem
when those country catch up with advanced country. I hope we
could finds good solution by the time.
If you interested in the word "Frontier of Emerging Issue",
you can read the interview with Mr. Komiyama here.
And I check the data of aging society here.
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Some of them are really hlepful to learn English.
English Diaries in Blog Mura is good place to search nice articles.
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