Cool article about kids in Ashikita helping build schools in Cambodia. -- Kirk
2023-10-13 16:10 JST 2023 Cool article about kids in Ashikita helping build schools in Cambodia. -- Kirk Children harvest rice in Japan town to help build school in Cambodia - The MainichiASHIKITA, Kumamoto -- A group of elementary school children here harvested rice on Oct. 12 as part of a food education and international aid program t https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231012/p2a/00m/0na/01 … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 4 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 0 ← 2023-10-13 13:43 JST 2023-10-14 10:00 JST → Around this time … 2023-10-15 20:00 JSTHi, Joe Tomei here. I’m not sure if this will make a difference, but I noticed that the Kumamoto internatonal Facebook feed is full of ‘Sponsored’ and ‘suggested for you’ posts. I’m not sure how much of a difference this will make but I’d ask the other editors, when the have a few minutes, to click on the upper right corner and hide those ads so as to discourage the facebook algorithm from adding unconnected posts. For people who aren’t editors, if you know facebook channels or accounts/profiles for businesses that are local, please add them in the comments so we can list them as favorites. I’m not sure if this will work but it is worth a try. Thanks. 2023-10-15 12:21 JSTHere's a link to an article about Suizenji Jojuen (Garden) with some notes about the "mini Mount Fuji." The article is correct; the grass-covered feature is indeed intended to look like Fuji-san as viewed from the Tokaido. What the article doesn't say is that there's a term for this kind of man-made garden mountain: tsukiyama (築山; literally "built mountain"). The mountain in Suizenji Jojuen is a representative example of the technique. In fact, if you look up the Japanese term on Wikipedia you'll find a picture of Suizenji Jojuen. -- KirkSee mini Mount Fuji at this traditional garden 2023-10-15 08:09 JSTHi! Kirk again! I got a request for eye doctor (optometrist) recommendations. Information about English speakers and those who seem to be knowledgable about recent medical trends would be particularly appreciated. Thanks in advance! 2023-10-15 00:30 JSTKirk here posting an inquiry on behalf of a friend who is here in Japan due to serious medical issues that her family member is facing. She needs to receive money from her husband in the States and Japan's Post bank has been recommended to her. Those of us trying to help her, though, wonder if there isn't a better way. As our friend is not a long-term resident of Japan, she can't be expected to deal with the Japanese language. Something that is convenient, has a decent exchange rate (no huge service costs), and doesn't require knowledge of Japanese would be nice. If you could please share your recommendations and thoughts about various options in a comment, I'm sure our friend and many other readers would appreciate it (as will I, of course). Thanks in advance! 2023-10-14 10:00 JSTService between Hong Kong and Kumamoto. -- KIrkHong Kong Airlines resumes services to Kumamoto | TTG Asia 2023-10-13 16:10 JSTCool article about kids in Ashikita helping build schools in …Children harvest rice in Japan town to help build school in Cambodia - The Mainichi (this post) 2023-10-13 13:43 JSTKirk here. This bit about 6-nm chips is news to me. In the last post I made on this topic, 12-nm chips were the smallest that were planned (at least according to my sources at the the time).https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/pfbid06LX5qcEazk8T2rH9uVM9AXfZhv1XNLWFExREiQMC9KYKJfkoYZbA6VEiXWzAvRo2lTSMC plans to produce 6-nm chips in 2nd Japan plant 2023-10-12 17:36 JSTKirk here. Response to Mr. Yagi's morning tram photo has been amazing. It's "reach" has been about 200 times the norm for this page.Click on the following link to see Kumamoto International's greatest post ever (though I'm pretty sure that most anyone reading this is one of the 100,000 or so who have already seen it):https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/pfbid0w1vhkEqcmvUs3CqTH631QUmid5M8U8je8ruG82udMpBbnrUEZDZVcSPtwCqsrrE5l 2023-10-11 19:56 JSTKirk here with news that Kumamoto City if becoming more international. After a brief dip due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the foreign population in the city has grown to 7657, an all-time high (first image). On factor cited on the RKK news segment I'm introducing was TSMC and another was the return of foreign students after the pandemic (second image; they illustrated this with a replay of a segment with exchange students who were studying at my university). This uptick in the foreign population was enough to temporarily reverse the downward trend of the city's population overall.https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/rkk/771848?display=1&mwplay=1 2023-10-11 16:00 JSTKirk here with sad news on the Minamata issue. The government's decision to fight the recent court's decision is yet another illustration of why legal issues are still unresolved after more than half a century. The phrase "justice delayed is justice denied" comes to mind. I think the phrase is particularly apt because many of the plaintiffs are elderly. (For Japanese readers: "Justice delayed is justice denied" can be translated "裁判の遅延は裁判の拒否に等しい" but I think "justice" is a bit broader in meaning an nuance than "裁判.")https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/10/a86fdd48bf4b-govt-pref-appeal-court-ruling-on-unrecognized-minamata-victims.htmlOther articles:https://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2023101001152https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2023101000904/Government, prefecture appeal court ruling on unrecognized Minamata victims 2023-10-11 12:10 JSTKirk here. Public transportation (trains in particular) can get you to Aso, but how do you get around once you're there? I got a notice today about a place in Aso that rents mopeds (they say "小型モビリティ" [small mobility]) for 650 yen an hour. This came to me because I have a Google alert for 外国人 and 熊本 and the article says, basically, "Foreigners OK too." Well, I should hope so! If they excluded foreigners that would be a real problem. But, on the other hand, it's good to know that they wanted to make a point of saying that they welcome rentals by folks like us. :)
