A fascinating aspect of Japanese culture is Bowing (Ojigi) and this is a practice that is employed in daily life; shops, on the streets, at home, companies...etc. But what astonishing is that many Japanese still bow and lower the head even while talking on their mobile phone.
This has been another attraction of the highly and rigidly hierarchical society.
Gotta love the J-Land.
Showing posts with label Japan Culture Knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan Culture Knowledge. Show all posts
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Man Bumped Out to Death
Drunken man arrested after man falls to death off train platform
Tuesday 24th August, 12:00 PM JST
TOKYO —
A 77-year-old man was killed Monday night after he was inadvertently knocked from a platform at Keio Line’s Shinjuku Station by a drunken man and hit by an incoming train, police said Tuesday.
The drunken man had stumbled on the platform and bumped into a line of people waiting for a train, creating a domino effect and causing the man at the front of the line to fall on to the track, the police said.
The victim in the incident, which occurred at around 8:35 p.m., has been identified as Masaya Sato from Tama City, the president of Seisa University based in Hokkaido and son of novelist Haruo Sato.
The police arrested Yukinori Fujii, a 42-year-old part-time worker from Hino City, who had been allegedly sitting on the platform waiting for a train before standing up and bumping into the commuters.
Fujii was initially arrested on suspicion of negligence resulting in Sato’s injury, but after the death of Sato, who was also a Keio University professor emeritus, was confirmed, police changed the charge to negligence resulting in death.
A police official quoted Fujii as saying, ‘‘I drank beer and chuhai (alcoholic beverage). When I stood up, I felt dizzy and lost balance.’’
News was taken from JapanToday.com
What a sad way to die, make sure avoiding the front queues on crowded platforms.
Tuesday 24th August, 12:00 PM JST
TOKYO —
A 77-year-old man was killed Monday night after he was inadvertently knocked from a platform at Keio Line’s Shinjuku Station by a drunken man and hit by an incoming train, police said Tuesday.
The drunken man had stumbled on the platform and bumped into a line of people waiting for a train, creating a domino effect and causing the man at the front of the line to fall on to the track, the police said.
The victim in the incident, which occurred at around 8:35 p.m., has been identified as Masaya Sato from Tama City, the president of Seisa University based in Hokkaido and son of novelist Haruo Sato.
The police arrested Yukinori Fujii, a 42-year-old part-time worker from Hino City, who had been allegedly sitting on the platform waiting for a train before standing up and bumping into the commuters.
Fujii was initially arrested on suspicion of negligence resulting in Sato’s injury, but after the death of Sato, who was also a Keio University professor emeritus, was confirmed, police changed the charge to negligence resulting in death.
A police official quoted Fujii as saying, ‘‘I drank beer and chuhai (alcoholic beverage). When I stood up, I felt dizzy and lost balance.’’
News was taken from JapanToday.com
What a sad way to die, make sure avoiding the front queues on crowded platforms.
Monday, August 9, 2010
The pain that would never heal
Today, the 65th memorial service for the Victims of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was held in Nagasaki. Millions of innocent lives were taken by the atrocity and heinous crime 65 years ago; the agonising pain and the loss of loved ones remain forever unhealed. Let this remind us all that we were all given the Privilege to live in this world and NOONE can have the authority to take that away NOONE. I would like to remind us to offer our prayers, chants etc… to the lives that were stolen and never to let this atrocity to happen again.
Ps: There is an old Chinese saying: “Saving one life is worth more than building 7 temples”.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy Tiger Year! Roarrr
お正月 is here and I wish everyone a great year of the Tiger (虎）, may you and your family be happy, prosperous and healthy. 元旦 gantan is what used to call the very first day of the New Year in Japan and normally we start the day by saying 明けましておめでとうございます to greet each other alongside the other wishes for the year to come.
Second part to be continued.
Second part to be continued.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
A fresh start on top of a hectic marathon.
It's that time of year when everyone in Japan is so busy getting pissed and broke with End of Year parties (忘年会）, frantically searching to buy the "Must Have Foods" for the New Years Party (お正月) and stressing out on designing and getting that list of contact correctly to send the New Year Greeting Cards (年賀状) and then on top of that the "Total Weight Loss Household Cleaning Program" which is a pain in the back side but well ... need to get rid of the old, make everything tidy, clean and nice for a fresh start. Not carrying the dirty vibe into the New Year is the key but also to rid of unhappy things as well... Lets clean clean clean.
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