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I have been working as a teacher in a high school in Japan. From the teacher's perspective, it seems that parents tend to rely more on teachers in dealing with problems such as communication or how to find a way for their children's future. Such a tendency prevents parents from watching their children and from thinking carefully about their thoughts. Therefore, relationships between parents and children get weaker and weaker, causing them to have nobody to tell their emotional feeling and thoughts, including negative ones. I think such small negative thoughts accumulate, leading to criminal behaviors in the end.

One of the best hotels I can think of is "Kagaya" located in Ishikawa prefecture in Japan. It is very famous for its mind of hospitality, ranking at the first place for years in a row as the best accomodation for customer satisfaction. On the thing which surprised me was that the hotel's owner visit each room for greeting and showing his glatitudes. Facilities and meals are so fabulous that every cunstomer can enjoy and be satisfied.

Although I cannot say the exact reason why robots and AI will create more jobs than now, I'm sure they do. Some experts say they replace our current jobs, causing jobless for us. However, as AI and robots help us work efficiently, allowing us to use time for things which need our creativity. I think that depending too much on the uses of AI and robots for just our convenience will cause us jobless. On the other hand, we will be able to find new jobs and increase the ablility in a different field if we use them in a proper ways. How to use the convenient tools can change what we will be in the future.

Brain overload, which applies to anyone, is one of the major problems. Smartphone makes it easier to access the Internet and to get sea of information directly to our brain. Our brain has certain limit to process the information. When lots of information flow into the brain, it cannot deal with in a proper way, therefore the brain is overloaded, making the processing speed incredibly slow. To make matters worse, information overflow can damage brain cells, causing our thinking.

It's time to keep a certain amount of time to use the smartphone so that we can save our brain and keep it working actively throughout our lives.

It's time to install the tracking system as an option to smartphone used by children until they become adult. That will prevent children from making unappropriate behaviors through the use of Internet services. Supervising children's behavior in the Internet may not be a good way. However, to protect children from anonymous attacks, they need some controls by adults.

Wearing face mask has been a part of life for many Japanese people. In winter, lots of Japanese had been wearing masks as a protection for getting infected with flu virus. Although recent mask wearing lives may look unusual, a sight that more than fifty percent of passengers in a train are wearing masks is not. Therefore, it takes incredibly long time to lead a mask free lives since face masks are getting a part of people's body.

Being connected with device is mostly convenient and helpful to make our lives better, the connections with Internet through devices in particular. However, such we can get such benefits as long as we can control how we are being connected. If we were out of control of how we are connected, we would get disadvantages more than advantages.

Online news can be a useful and fastest way to get the news. However, due to the convenience, we are facing a sea of information. Therefore, lots of data overload our brain, and it sometimes inhibit us from judging for something. On the other hand, newspapers usually release news twice a day, so we can get well-arranged information. That's why I prefer the source of newspaper to online news.

As a counter measure for stalking, building a good relationship with neighbors on which we can rely in a community. Having an attention from neighbors will keep stalkers away from us. However, more and more people prefer keeping personal space to opening social space, which is unique to Japanese culture. Therefore, the bonds between one person and the other is getting thinner and smaller, compared to those decades ago. Building a person to person connection in a real world can be the best way to protect us from stalker.

I think its a good idea. However, I think offering just one million can work little for facilitating relocation. For singles, it costs hundreds of thousands of yen to move to a new place. For families, the relocation costs can get higher, so the government need to cover more of the cost for relocation.

Japanese TV drama Good Luck (2003). A story of a young pilot to be a professional one struggling with hardships and developing partnerships. At the time of days the drama has been on the air, the rating of it was around 35 percent. It is surprising number considering that the recent ratings are around 10 percent. Also, this drama gave me a hope to be a professional pilot. Thanks to it, I have been able to work hard for that.

Hopefully yes. As some critics say, "this year's economy is rephrased in a weather condition such as the sun comes after the fog." I hope the economy grows in a positive way this year.

Fishermen for tuna market have been struggling to get the biggest and highest quality tuna for each year. I can't imagine how hard and nerve-wrecking it has been. Congratulations on the achievement, I want to thank for those who involved in the market, because I will be able to enjoy such delicious tuna in wide varieties of dishes.

Online video streaming sites, which take me to the unrealistic worlds. I've been working in the rapidly changing society, which bring a stress, nerve-wtecking treatment for people. Sometimes I need to Get into the world that can make me forget the busy and strssfullbdays as a worker.

A little bit better than that of last year. I'd worked at private school for about five years, and I changed the workplace to public one. The salary system in public school is different from that of private school. The former ensures lots of supports. What I do as a teacher is not so different. However, the private school is more like a small or middle-sized company, so I realized that such enterprises are striving to in the depressed economy and how difficult it is to survive in the society.

As for the domestic one is that the former prime minister was shot by a man whose life had been ruined because of his family member's relation to the religious group, which was once believed to have a connection with the former government head. What surprised me the most is that the murder was occurred at the daytime and in front of the public space. Many of my coworkers also seemed to have been watching the breaking news at that time.

The international news, on the other hand, is that the incursion to Ukraine by Russia. I've never watched the real battle between two countries on real time. Therefore, this sticks to my mind. Also, I'm really concerned that the situation has not yet turned around in a positive way, or rather, it is getting more and more worse.

Christmas letter from Santa Clause. I put a thank-you letter for Santa Clause at the night of Christmas Eve. When I woke up at the next morning, the letter disappeared, and a Christmas gift was next to a pillow. I was wondering how Santa Clause got into my house and took it. A few weeks later, a letter with a name of Santa Clause were sent to me, saying "thank you for your letter and I got so pleased to your sincerity. I was so busy in carrying lots of Christmas gift to kids around the world that I could not answer your message. I hope you were happy with a present and had a wonderful Christmas night. I'm looking forward to seeing you in the next year!" I was so excited to read the message from Santa Clause. It became one of the fondest memories in Christmas.

And the riddle I had had as a kid was solved a few years later though...

I do not know the exact situation on each person, however how about staying with family members such as parents? They are probably waiting for you and wishing for your health. Or how about focusing on your house work such as cooking. Making yearly Christmas and New-year's meal more attracting or adding one more dish on your dinner. Preparing a meal is time-consuming work, thus you can forget your negative feeling during that time.

I cannot say this is the best, but this years Christmas won't be so bad as usual. I have been spending on Christmas with my family mamber ro being alone every year. Welcoming a peaceful Christmas is one thing I hope anually, so may you have a wonderful Christams.

This will be my first time to spend on Christmas alone. Until the last year, I had lived with my family celebrating my mother's birthday, which is on 25th of December. However, I started to live myself for the first time due to the change of my workplace. Therefore, I do not know how to spend on a whole day of 25th. I do not have acquaintances or partner to enjoy the Christmas with. Anyway, I'm thinking of purchasing a FamiChiki at Family Mart before it's price is risen.

I do not have a practice of decorating my house.

On the other hand, I enjoy watching houses with illustrious illuminations every year in Christmas season. They make me feel the year-end is coming and also take me to the fantasy world. I hope this culture continues. However, recent shortage of electricity and price increase affect the practice in a negative way such as a tendency of limiting the use of lightings of illuminations, which make me really sad.

Good performace, there were some arguments though. As well as athletes, supporters from Japan did a great perfomance after the games end. They clean up the seats they used. That's what I can be proud of as one of Japanese citizens.

I think they are beneficial for students. Japanese students come to focus on major subjects such as mathematics and foreign language as their grade step up. Universities and high schools often measure students' knowledges for their adimission. However, in a rapidly changing society, people need to have abilities such as flexible and logical thinking. Such skill can be fostered by connecting and introducing a lot o ideas from different subjects, experiencing inter-communication with many classmates. Unfortunately, Japanese schools often consider extracurricular activities as a make-up for major subject. I hope they need to be more productive and comprehensive for students to develop their mind and creativity. Therefore, after-school activities are important as well as regular classes.

I'm wondering why those who leave bad manners think they are allowed to do such a thing. As a person in a communitiy, each one normaly has a common sense of behavioring in a good manner. I think people with unappropriate manner show bad attitudes anywhere and anytime in a publich area. They need to be taught basic lessons that ordinary people have in mind.

Very unpleasant. Half in a conversation and half in a smartphone is the worst attitude making me really irritated. If someone wants to get out of the conversation, get out of the conversation. What is the person interested in? I'm not in the screen.

How people ride on the street cannot be said "riding in a good manner". Some cross the road even the traffic light shows stop, and some ride against the cars. Revised traffic law has already in effect, however, many riders do not know much about it. Therefore, they ride on the pedestals, though they have to get off their bicycles. More announcement about law is needed so that many bicycle users can be aware of it. Also, those who do not follow the law or are against the etiquette should be punished.

Hopefully yes. However, many businesses especially in the field of travelling are preparing for or have already started events of illumination. Unless the government ask them to refrain from the use of lighting for pleasure, this move cannot be stopped. It seems that lots of citizens are not so much concerned about the shortage of electricity.

I've never used such machine since they began to be installed in convenience stores. This self-serving coffee machine can only be applied to the country which high level safety is assured to some extent.

I was working as a clerk in a convenience store. I've never seen a customer who inappropriately uses self-serving machines not only of coffee but also others. Every customer naturally follows a common sense.

I barely didn't, but I wish I had considered such things. I'm surprised to see the result from the pole, which many people had not though about them. I think it's time to introduce more about the environmental issues on child education. Teaching the importance of preserving our environment to kids in the early stage, they will get interested and it'll be passed to next generations.

For me, it is just a party for people, especially youths, showing their costumes to friends or other pedestrians enjoy at the center of suburbs. I seldom see kids walking around streets and visit house, saying "trick or treat!"

I'm teaching English to children. When I ask them to tell the meaning of "treat", most of them said "I do not know of it".