(Continuation from yesterday)

However, there seems to have been a problem with the way I did my research.

I have asked the nursing home various questions via e-mail and other means in the process leading up to this hospitalization.

The approach to the question was what we call the "engineering approach".

We asked questions in the form of (1) background, (2) purpose, (3) summary of questions, and (4) details of questions, but apparently this form of questioning "frightened" the people in the field.

My sister told me that it was like an internal search for the culprit: "Who made me (Ebata) write this kind of questionnaire report?" It seemed to be like an internal search for the culprit.

When my sister heard about the situation...

"My brother is a strange one"

She had a hard time reassuring the people in the field by saying so.

"He's a columnist, a researcher, and he's writing a series of articles about care and death of our parents.

She had a lot of work to do to put out the fire.

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Ebata: "I was simply stating the questions I wanted to ask, without emotion, objectively, and as clearly as possible..."

Daughter: "Your report is 'scary' enough on its own for the average person."

Ebata: "Then I guess that I should be illogical, come up with whatever I can think of, and deliberately I make it hard to read."

Wife: "Well, try adding a 'heart mark' or a 'character' to the report, that might soften the impression.

Ebata: "Yeah, I can't do that. I think I'd kill myself on impulse if I wrote that sentence -- at least, I don't think it's achievable in this life."