Friday, September 23, 2011

23/09 VOX POPULI: We must be ever-vigilant in the face of natural disasters



Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of the vernacular Asahi Shimbun.
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In the middle of Tokyo's Ginza district, one of the zelkova trees that line the street fell and blocked the sidewalk. The tree was about 10 meters tall and measured 40 centimeters across in diameter at the base of the trunk. Apparently, one arm of the V-shaped trunk broke. The roaring of an electric saw to remove the fallen tree resounded. The usually upscale Tokyo shopping district looked different amid a raging storm.
Although earthquakes that strike without warning are scary, so are slow-moving typhoons. Typhoon No. 15, which took its time meandering near Okinawa, slowly gathered momentum and rushed through the Japanese archipelago with the speed typical of an autumn typhoon.
It hit the Tokyo area during the evening rush hour. As public transportation services were disrupted, trains stations and streets were flooded with stranded workers trying to get home.
There were also reports that landslide dams created on the Kii Peninsula by Typhoon No. 12 might have partly broken.
Typhoon No. 15 ignited explosives set by its "predecessor," so to speak. Heavy rain and strong winds also relentlessly pounded areas devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Sept. 21 also marked the anniversary of the day the Isewan Typhoon spawned in 1959. It was that year's Typhoon No. 15. I grew up in the Tokai region. I remember how disappointed I felt because the typhoon hit on my birthday. At the same time, I understood that typhoons that hit after mid-September may cause great damage to autumn harvests. It is still too early to let our guard down.
With tsunami from the ocean and heavy rain from the sky, this is a year of water-related disasters. We repeatedly heard elderly people across Japan say they had never experienced anything like them before. We must not underestimate nature, which has continued to be active since the birth of our planet.
But humans learned a bunch of lessons with tears of sorrow.
When adverse conditions overlap, natural disasters may turn into catastrophes. But when even one of them is eliminated, damage can be drastically reduced, according to Atsushi Kurashima, an expert on weather. In order to avoid raging disasters, we should carefully examine the claw marks left by past disasters from coast to coast and eliminate adverse conditions so that we are prepared before the next natural disaster strikes.
--The Asahi Shimbun, Sept. 22
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Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a popular daily column that takes up a wide range of topics, including culture, arts and social trends and developments. Written by veteran Asahi Shimbun writers, the column provides useful perspectives on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.

天声人語 2011年9月23日(金)付

 プロゴルファーの有村智恵さん(23)が7月、アルバトロスとホールインワンを1日でやってのけた。前者は1ホールを規定より3打少なく終える夢のスコア、後者は1打で入れる離れ業だ。過去10年、女子ツアーでの達成はそれぞれ5回、150回だった▼単純計算すると、同じラウンド(18ホール)で両方やる確率は、プロでさえ約1千万ラウンドに1回という。それでも、起きる時には起きる。ご本人は「怖いくらい」と話していた▼この偉業を思い出させたのは、きょうにも落ちてくるという米国の人工衛星だ。破片が人間に当たる確率は3200分の1だとか。グリーン上の奇跡に比べ、それこそ「怖いくらい」の高確率である▼落下するのは20年前に打ち上げられた大気観測衛星。大気圏への突入時にほぼ燃え尽きるが、米航空宇宙局(NASA)によると、26個の金属片、計532キロ分が800キロ四方の範囲に降るらしい▼ニュースの主になりうるのは北緯57度~南緯57度にいる人で、大抵の国が含まれる。ただ、場所の絞り込みは直前でも難しいそうだ。数十億人の中の不運な誰かが、私(あなた)である確率は21兆分の1というから、むやみに頭上を気にしても仕方がない▼かの衛星には功績もある。オゾン層破壊の元凶が人の手で作るフロンガスだと、はるか天空で確認してくれた。南極上空などに開いたオゾンホールからは、皮膚がんを誘発する紫外線が降り注ぐ。秋分の空を仰いで気をもむべきは、こちらだろう。

23/09 パレスチナ―米国は拒否権使わずに


パレスチナ―米国は拒否権使わずに

 国連総会で、中東和平が焦点になっている。いっこうに進まないイスラエルとの交渉にしびれを切らしたパレスチナが、国家として正式に国連に加盟しようとしているからだ。
 米国は止めようと必死だ。オバマ米大統領は、パレスチナが申請しても、安全保障理事会で拒否権を使うと明言した。
 パレスチナ自治区のヨルダン川西岸では、国連加盟を求める市民のデモが起きている。「アラブの春」による民衆革命の刺激もあり、なぜ自分たちは主権国家として認められないのか、という不満が募っている。
 93年にイスラエルと暫定自治で合意してから、自治政府は選挙などで実績をあげてきた。人口は西岸とガザ地区を合計すれば400万人を超える。
 一方、交渉を続けてもイスラエルは占領地への入植をやめない。パレスチナの立場は弱くなるばかりという失望は深い。
 国連加盟は象徴的な意味だけではない。国際刑事裁判所(ICC)や国連人権理事会にも加盟できる。占領地での不法行為を国際的に糾弾すれば、イスラエルには打撃になるだろう。
 ここまで事態をこじらせたのは、仲介役の米国の責任が大きい。昨年9月に和平交渉を再開し、1年以内の和平合意を目指すと確認した。ところが、直後にイスラエルが西岸占領地で入植地の建設を再開した。それを止めることができなかった。
 オバマ氏も板挟みだ。
 拒否権を使えば、アラブ世界から「二枚舌外交」と反発をかう。しかし来年に大統領選挙を控えているので、米国内に支持者が多いイスラエルに圧力をかけるのも難しい。国内では右派から「テロリストとイスラエルを同等に扱っている」と批判される状態だ。
 国連でオバマ氏は「イスラエルの安全保障への米国の関与は揺らぐことはない」と語った。米国が「公正な仲介者」の地位を失うことは、イスラエルの利益にもならないはずだ。
 パレスチナが国連加盟を求めることは理解できる。ただ、安全保障理事会は採決を急ぐ必要はない。米国も頭から拒否権を行使するのは控えるべきだ。
 国連加盟について、自治政府と統一政府を目指すイスラム組織ハマスは反対しているという。内部で意見が割れているとすれば、その意思統一の時間も必要だろう。
 イスラエルには熟考を求めたい。周囲の民衆に敵視されたままでの安全保障はありえない。「2国家共存」を受け入れる以外に選ぶ道はないはずだ。

23/09 China police detain man over 'sex slaves' in basement



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Police in China have detained a man on suspicion of imprisoning and raping six women in a basement for two years and of killing two of them.
Reports said the man, 34-year-old firefighter Li Hao, had dug two rooms underneath the basement he bought in Luoyang city, Henan, four years ago.
He then kidnapped the women, all of whom are said to have worked in nightclubs or bars.
He was arrested after he let one of the women leave and she went to police.
Police confirmed that they had arrested Mr Li on 6 September and that an investigation was ongoing.
Shallow grave
The Southern Metropolis Daily reported that the women were held in a cellar four metres (12ft) below the basement in a residential district of the city.
The newspaper said that Mr Li repeatedly raped the women and only gave them food every two days to keep them weak.
The women were only allowed to leave when he needed them to sleep with other men for cash, it said, and this was how one of the women, a 23-year-old, managed to escape.
When she guided police to the basement, they found three more women.
They also found the bodies of two women buried in a shallow grave in the corner of the cellar.
Mr Li, who is reportedly married with a wife and child, was arrested as he tried to leave the city.
An official from the Luoyang public security bureau told China Daily police were conducting tests to assess his mental competence.
The journalist from the Southern Metropolis Daily who first reported the story, meanwhile, said he had been visited by two men - apparently from the local authorities - who asked for his source and warned him he had been revealing "state secrets".
"They believed that the report tarnished their image. But this is a typical crime. The public needs to know the truth," Ji Xuguang told the Global Times newspaper.

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1- Ngôi Chùa Lớn Nhất Thế Giới -
Đó là chùa Borobudur ở Indonesia.

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5- Khu Mua Sắm Lớn Nhất Thế Giới
   South China Mall, Dongguan, Trung Quốc 
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6- Cây Cầu Rộng Nhất Thế Giới -
     Sydney Harbor Bridge, Australia, with 16 lanes of car traffic
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8- Tàu Thủy Chở Khách Lớn Nhất Thế Giới -
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9- Máy Bay Chở Khách Lớn Nhất Thế Giới , chở 550 người
    Airbus A380 - 555 Passengers 
 
 
 

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       Completed 2009
 
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      It has more than 500 bedrooms, 55 kitchens,120 sitting rooms

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      Built by KRUPP of Germany - 45,500 tons - 95 meters high
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       Shah Feisal mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan 
         Inside hall capacity 35, 000 - O: 150,000
 

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      MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas - 6, 276 rooms
 
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   Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai - This is the only 7 Star Hotel in the World 
    Cheapest room $1000 per night - Royal suit $28,000 per night  

 
 

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Sòng bạc THE VENETIAN MACAO ở Macao.Trung Quốc

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- The resort has 3,000 suites, 1.2 million square feet (111,000 square meters) of convention space, 1.6 million square feet (149,000 square meters) of retail space and 550,000 square (51,000 square meters) feet of casino space
- The casino features over 3,400 slot machines and 800 gambling tables. There is also a 15,000 seat arena for entertainment/sporting events


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