I watched "Last Days Sakamoto Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days."

In my reflection, I realized that

"I only have a little over ten years left."

Even if I can live a little longer, "10 years left" is a very realistic figure if I include various disabilities (including cognitive disabilities).

Nevertheless, like Ryuichi Sakamoto, I have no accomplishments to leave behind for posterity, nor do I have life lessons to share with my future colleagues.

I still wonder if this is how I would sum up my life.

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I do not believe that, for one millimeter, "history" will create the next better generation.

What I have learned from history,

(1) We fail to apply the lessons of our predecessors.

(2) We make the same mistakes over and over again.

(3) We cannot learn from anything but our failures.

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The only thing I can leave behind is many failures?the so-called "black history."

The significance of this "black history" is to "comfort" or "lick each other's wounds" by saying, "In the end, you and I are just human beings of this level, so you should live your lives without overreacting.

Well, I think I can do that much.

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Therefore, I will actively disclose my "black history" frequently.

Today, as the first installment, I disclose the following,

"I bought a book called 'Exercises for growing taller and taller,' which came with Shonen Jump magazine.

It was a costly purchase for me, a junior high school student at the time, but I bought it.

So I imitated the strange dance-like gymnastics diagrams and continued for about two weeks, but then I got bored.

I realized, "Can I grow taller by doing gymnastics?

These kinds of dubious booklets and tools use two approaches to fool the dim-witted teenagers.

(1) "Surprised comments"

They list many "testimonials" from successful people whose sources are unknown, which will attract buyers.

However, we do not know if this alleged "successful" person exists.

(2) "Recommendation comments from university professors."

Add a comment that a professor at a university (sometimes the name of a foreign university), which may or may not exist, recommends it.

To begin with, it is unclear whether the professor exists (usually accompanied by a photo of a senior citizen in a suit).

Of course, now I would do all sorts of investigations, targeting, and retaliation (involving the government and judiciary, if poorly done), but teenagers are an essential buying group, the so-called "suckers," in that they do not and cannot know such things.

I will not say, 'Don't be fooled by this advertising.

On the contrary, I say, 'Of course, they will be fooled,' I even think it's better that way.

I believe teenagers must develop "distrust" and "hatred" toward society and adults through this kind of process.

It is a very inexpensive tuition for training by evil men and women and scams before you become an adult.

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So, although I can't match Ryuichi Sakamoto's feat of "changing the world with music," and in fact, my vector is entirely different,

I want to start my contribution to the world by "licking my wounds with black history.

The issue of whether "same-day notice" of executions violates the Constitution was dismissed in a recent court decision (now in the first instance).

Regardless of the merits of this trial or the death penalty, I believe that one of the reasons why the death penalty is an "extreme punishment" is because of this "non-disclosure of the date of notification.

Of course, even with "disclosure," extreme punishment is extreme punishment.

For example, if someone said to me, 'You (Ebata) are confirmed to die on April 17, 2034, 10 years from today, and this is inevitable,' I don't know whether I would think this was a good thing or an unnecessary thing to say.

But the discretion to extend that "10 years later" with effort or shorten it with despair -- is something the death penalty does not have.

I think that the death penalty is an extreme punishment in that it deprives a person of the right to choose their way of death.

Aside from that.

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The death penalty is a punishment that we "support" (in principle) after considering our personal views on the whole, including historical background and crime deterrence.

I believe that it is only a matter of time before same-sex marriages are officially recognized (although I think it is wild to put them in the same category).

We can confirm that the judiciary's rulings are changing gradually from year to year.

However, I believe that, as a general rule, public sentiment is "in favor of the death penalty.

As far as I know, there are few court cases on the issue of "the death penalty is unconstitutional."

The issue is also generally "cruelty or not.

This ruling is the only court case I know of (that I am aware of) fighting the "system" itself. (Please let me know if there are any precedents I am missing.)

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However, we have a "duty" to check whether this system works well.

Namely,

"witnessing an execution."

We should apply the same framework as the "jury system" (*) to the "system of witnessing executions.

(*)Notification is made based on a list drawn up by lottery from among the voters, and a person cannot refuse to be a judge without cause.

Of course, we should not install this system easily; if it does, we will have to discuss it in depth.

If we are to make an administrative argument of principle, it is extraordinary that there is no "system of witnessing executions."

The above is because this falls under the "disclosure of administrative processing."

If mandatory participation is "too much to ask," then the program should be operated as an application system for those who wish to participate.

(It would be a significant incident if a person who participates in the program caused an accident (including suicide) due to fear of being forced to participate.)

As for the application system, it is evident that it requires a rigorous examination (tests such as whether the historical background and judicial or administrative handling protocols regarding the death penalty are understood).

In addition, as a matter of human rights, permission for disclosure/non-disclosure by the person executed would naturally be required.

To consider this further, does the bereaved family of a crime victim have the right to be present without the permission of the person executed? And so on, need to be considered.

(Now that you mention it, I had overlooked this point of view. For example, what happens to the family register and certificate of residence after a definite death sentence, and other relatively trivial matters (and what happens if a request for a retrial overturns the sentence? and so on))

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By the way, I will apply to this program as soon as it starts.

I am aware that I am maintaining this society by my own "bloody hands" -- and I affirm that.

Therefore, I believe that I am obligated to watch my "bloody hand" with my own eyes, not as an abstraction but as a concrete object.

The other day, there was a welcome party for the university's B4 (fourth-year college students) seminar.

I'm not too fond of a drinking party, but I may attend a party where we rent a room at the university and have a little over an hour of pizza and beer (soft drinks).

I think of it as "a slightly longer dinner."

I don't get tired and can do my work normally after the party.

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Since half of the seminar students are from foreign countries, I have resigned myself to the fact that, inevitably, the conversation will be English-based.

However, I am sorry that I cannot provide the topic well.

At the welcome party, I apologized to an international student.

"I apologized for always being biased toward topics such as "the lives of Muslims" and "how to spend Ramadan in Japan."

Inevitably, I direct in a particular direction.

I heard there are already "prayer spaces" at universities.

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I could not even ask him the following question.

"I know that "halal" is important for Muslims, but doesn't "pork ramen" still appeal to you?"

NHK's signature program, "Project X," is back after 18 years.

I had very high expectations for this program to portray real engineers in the field, and after two broadcasts, I am delighted with the program.

Again, I am "delighted.

I look forward to continuing this program.

I am reminding you of this in a scattered manner because what I am about to describe reads like an "anti-Project X."

But I also think 'someone has to say it,' so I will.

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(1) Engineers in our country are treated very poorly in terms of treatment, annual income, and understanding of technology.

(a) That is why "Project X" is accepted as an "excellent program" that illuminates overlooked engineers.

(b) On the other hand, the program creates a climate of acceptance for 'keeping the status of engineers at a low level.'

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(2) Not even their supervisors are willing to praise engineers who have achieved their goals publicly.

(a) In "Project X," this kind of boss behavior is treated as a "virtue" throughout.

(b) This craftsman-like "apprenticeship system" has reduced engineers to a low status.

(c) "I appreciate you in my mind" is synonymous with "I don't appreciate you, which is a significant deviation from today's values, and again, they produce the program with Showa values.

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(3) Engineers themselves are not willing to publicly announce their technology.

(a) The "Neglect of information dissemination" in the name of "virtue of modesty" is noticeable. The engineers themselves make too little effort to have their work widely appreciated.

(b) even if we talk about intellectual property or trade secrets, there are many ways to do it. If you don't disseminate your work correctly and insist on its usefulness, the technology will fall into disuse.

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(4) There is too much bias toward the "weak group strikes back" scenario.

(a) "The Weak Group Strikes Back" is an exciting drama.

(b) However, it is no exaggeration to say that (unfortunately) a project's success or failure is determined by its investment (money), human resources (people), and time frame (the limit to which the investment can continue).

(c) The above (b) is not limited to engineering but is expected for all projects, but this understanding is left unexplained.

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(5) The stories of "failure" covered in "Project X" are too microscopically biased in the direction of "technology" and "personnel affairs.

(a) Although biased toward technical failures, most project failures are due to inadequate market research and poor preliminary preparation

(b) To create drama without that story would seem grossly lacking objectivity.

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(6) No one talks about (1) through (5) above.

(a) There must be a lot of people in our country who are well versed in (1) through (5) above (e.g., university professors doing organizational studies, bureaucrats managing budgets for national projects, etc.)

(b) However, I have not seen (or have remained silent about) anyone evaluating "Project X" from a "project management" perspective. Well, I understand how you feel.)

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(7) In general, "Project X" "exploited the dreams and hopes of engineers" to "complete the project," which does not seem to have changed one millimeter from the "exploitation of their challenging " of today's youth.

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Again, I am "delighted" with NHK's "Project X."

I am "a little" concerned, but I look forward to more of your programs.

I am Ebata, the official "violent device" of the Ebata family.

Examples of violent devices include,

(1) I once went to the principal's office of a school to knock him down, or rather, to discuss the matter with him.

(2) Once, at a pension center, I disputed the responsibility of the government office for an incomplete document and had the incomplete document accepted.

(3) I have forced a customer to complete the cancellation and contract of a smartphone by setting a time limit for the customer to respond to a dishonest response.

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In each case, the problem was a family member other than myself, but the parties involved were restless, reading their phones or books while I was fighting with them at the counter.

Before I joined the problem,

"If my father comes, he will kill you.

I heard that she said that.

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In my case, the following are not customer harassment.

(1) I list the case process chronologically in the text.

(2) Properly separate the responsibility for the incident (including our side).

(3) Then, both parties confirm the issues in the case.

(4) After including (1) through (3) above, summarize which is unreasonable and disadvantageous in light of the rules, the law, and common sense (social common sense).

Thus, after clarifying the background and issues,

(5) Find a compromise point for both sides, demand the necessary response, and inform the other side of the reaction (x retaliation) measures we are prepared to take.

(6) If the other party does not take action within the specified period, the response (x retaliation) is executed "100%".

I think I have been able to use my studies at the law seminar (which I attended at my own expense) in this approach.

I would not say, 'There is no such thing as useless study in this world,' I think, 'indeed, that would be a lie.

But I feel that 'what I have studied is often helpful.

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Daughter: "You're good at making things impossible, aren't you, Dad?

Ebata: "That is not true. I am only making a statement based on the "law" and "rules. I am not doing anything more or less than that.

I genuinely believe that.

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I know many people may not accept this, but I usually think.

"How to use the law" is like "mathematical proofs" or "program algorithms."

Government functions have two categories: domestic and foreign affairs (there are other ways to divide them).

Machiavelli's theory of monarchies seems to say that war is a means of diplomacy (or diplomacy as a means of avoiding war).

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In the Ebata family, my (Ebata's) role as the patriarch is diplomacy, negotiation, and war.

The second daughter said something like the above.

I also received the following line message from my first daughter the other day.

Why do my family members immediately think, "I (Ebata) made it go away through 'negotiation' and 'war'" whenever the problems get resolved?

It is disconcerting to me that people think that I am like the Ebata family's violent apparatus (the police and the Self-Defense Forces).

But I remembered that my sister thought so, too.

Various new measures have been put and tested in place in the new fiscal year.

I am a "company dog," so I will refrain from speaking out,

"Better than Emperor Kanmu's officials (bureaucrats) who frequently moved the capital from Heijo-kyo to Nagaoka-kyo to Heian-Kyo."

I'm going to think about it.

(Reference: Choice of Heroes - NHK "Series: Heian Period (1) The Thousand Year Capital Begins Here: Emperor Kanmu's Ambition to Move the Capital to Heian Japan")

Cheerful, multi-syllabic, well versed in trending topics, able to talk about the issues of the moment, and friendly with everyone -- "Extrovert" character.

If you look at the world, you will see a lot of content that says only "Extroverts" live happily.

When I was a teenager, I think I worked very hard to create an "Extrovert persona" with the sole intention of not being called "dark-rooted."

However, "Extrovert" can only be helpful until one enters the workforce.

Of course, "Extrovert" is often an advantage in later life (love, marriage, friends, etc.).

However, society is not so lenient that one can get through it with only an "Extrovert.

In society, no matter how "Extrovert" you are, people who fail to produce output (results) are harsh and cold.

Lately, I have sometimes wondered if I would benefit more from being "less Extrovert."

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I have been a businessman for a long time, and I fear the "competent" and "silent and unsympathetic boss."

I am terrified of a boss who doesn't get back in the groove and shuts down in the middle of a conversation, even when I do my best to incorporate a variety of topics and explain them in my rhythm.

I fear they can see everything I am trying to deceive myself into not saying.

And, by and large, many such bosses 'see through it.

Bosses who don't get into the "Extrovert groove" will talk about "their ideas" at their own pace, not "in the groove."

Such a boss does not "read the air".

Hence, they are 'strongest' and often 'right'.

For a "perfection denier" and "corner-cutting supremacist" like myself, these people are horrifying.

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I think many of the presidents of large companies in our country are like this.

(I didn't get the original information), there seems to be a hypothesis that 'people who were student body president, tennis club president, or on the yang side when they were students, don't get ahead in the future.

From what I have seen in my long career as a businessman, I can "adopt" this hypothesis.

The period you can get through with only "Extrovert " is only a tiny part of your life.

In society, only output (results) is essential.

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The silent communicator who keeps trying will be the strongest." - I think this mechanism is built into many organizations in our country (I don't know about other countries), regardless of their merits or demerits.

Of course, being "Extrovert " is not a bad thing.

However, I don't think it makes much sense to "work hard to create an 'Extrovert persona.'"

I know that it is useless to say this to teenagers.

In the teenager's world line, it is true that "lovers" and "friends (number)" are the "currency,"

The specific amount of the childcare subsidy is now available.

Regardless of the pros and cons, it is good to see this kind of data coming out.

It would be helpful (to me) if you could also disclose the program or spreadsheet that calculates that data.

However, if they disclose it, I can expect math geeks like me to 'start doing things they don't want,' so it's not surprising that the government won't disclose it.

If you want to see the program or the spreadsheet, the government will say, 'You have to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) before you can get involved in government work (national project).

For example, last year, it took me several months to get permission to view a ministry's data.

It wasn't as complicated as I thought, but it was a lot of work.

Aside from that.

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Why is "declining birth rates" bad?

I am willing to have fewer children and a smaller population.

Married or unmarried, it doesn't matter.

The problem is the "speed" of change.

It is meaningful to change "slowly" over an "extended period.

If you are interested, the following is my personal view on the significance of fertility reduction measures from the perspective of national system costs.

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I have come up with a strategy that can be used by (some) as a counter to "childcare subsidies."

"Eliminating the Japanese custom of "New Year's gifts"."

I don't have many relatives, so I don't often give out "New Year's gifts," so I am not eligible, but for those who don't, from now on, you can use this kind of wording to make your "New Year's gift" spending zero yen.

The government has already given you 30,000 to 40,000 yen a year as a New Year's gift through the government. From now on, please get your New Year's gift from there (the government).

And,

The "Children's Bonus is the Japanese government's New Year's gift to children."

They will establish the above.

Electronic money, charged directly to a child's smartphone or school-issued tablet, would be helpful for digital and investment education.

Above all, I believe that the amount of this New Year's gift will allow children to experience firsthand the economic reality of our country.

The administration will then attract children (and their interest), leading to subsequent voter turnout.

The current administration is pursuing policies that "look good" to the elderly, who are the voting base, but this "child bonus" could lead to the possibility that the administration will turn toward the young.

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In any case, the "elimination of the annual allowance" makes the "child care subsidy" program a target of hatred even among children.

We believe it is significant that "anger" is shared in the recognition that "child care subsidy" is "an issue for our entire nation, including children.

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In addition, I would like to state, lest you misunderstand me, that I support the "child care subsidy."

Compared to the cost of a total replacement of our country's systems, this amount of money is (for now) well within the acceptable range.

Last weekend, my family and I saw the movie "Oppenheimer."

It was a little different from what I had expected.

I was expecting a "project management" or "technology" talk, so the politics (post-war red hunts) were a bit heavy.

Well, let's put that aside.

I know much about the Manhattan Project from reading this book and the NHK Special, but I still have questions.

The Trinity test was successful the first time.

Technology experiments usually fail at first. A good example would be "rocket experiments.

It is not an old story of how many rockets humanity has failed to launch in the past, but an ongoing story.

Of course, this mission requires tremendous money and time, and that failure was unacceptable.?Even so, Still, any experiment is doomed to fail.

It is a little hard to believe that the device (bomb) that detonates the atomic bomb, called the "detonation lens," worked the first time.

Furthermore, in the case of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it would have been even more difficult.

Controlling the timing of the detonation of the detonation lens of an atomic bomb thrown up into the air (I checked and found that it requires nanosecond precision) would have required unimaginably tricky technology.

If you expect the movie "Oppenheimer" to be about that kind of "technology," you will be disappointed.

They can't get seven Academy Awards just for that kind of technology.

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What shocked me about the movie was that there was a hypothesis that the explosion of the atomic bomb would ignite the atmosphere and burn up the entire earth and that they tested this hypothesis (this does not seem to be fiction).

I had no idea about this hypothesis.

"If they adopted this hypothesis, mankind would have been forced to abandon the idea of having atomic bombs."

When I think about it, I also think, 'That was a shame.

However, when asked if a "world without atomic bombs" would have been "a better world than the one we live in now," I can only answer, "I don't know.

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Another thing, which I think is appropriate in light of the knowledge of the time, is that the characters do not seem to fear being "exposed to the atomic bomb.

Well, we learned about the "damages of exposure" to the atomic bombing much later, so in that sense, I think the film is an accurate reflection of its time.