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Running 3,000 km in 2021
These days, I get very tired around 7pm and can no longer work after that. Then, I realized it’s may not just be because I’m getting old. It may also be because of I’ve run 300 km in Aug and Sep. I’m trying to run 3,000km in the year 2021 because I ran 2660km in 2020. In my personal opinion, you can run upto 3,000 km per year as a hobby runner. I’ve only run 5 days a week for 1 hour, then I can reach this distance. Above 3,000km, I think you must be a real athlete So far I’ve run 2537km from Jan to Sep. 500km more to […] -
Why Japanese in Japan are not good at talking politics in public
After I came to the US, I saw many people involved in politics. In Japan, debating politics is kinda taboo. I’ve been wondering why. I think I found a potential great reason. Discussing politics and doing political activities in public schools and public facilities is strictly prohibited in Japan. The Iwakura City has a public conference room services which I use it for CoderDojo Owari, The place prohibit to do any political and religious activities by its terms of services. I think this may be coming from World War II how Japanese imperial government brainwashed Japanese citizen to go towards war using education, politics and religion. Therefore, the government should […] -
Attending DojoCon Japan 2017
I love open source and community around it. My job is to spread the open source spirits and business in Japan. Now I am the father of two lovely daughters. It’s no brainer that I started CoderDojo Owari in my town since April 2017 and help DojoCon Japan 2017. I was fortunate to be a translator for the event. As a translator, let me briefly introduce what was going on at DojoCon Japan 2017. (I also want to emphasize that Japan now has more than 100 Dojos! We are one of the most active CoderDojo communities in the world!) (Photos by Atsushi Ando & Michie Yamamoto) This is a blog entry […] -
The Era of Glocalization
Happy new year of 2017. I will write a kind of new year’s resolution. In these days, I am often being asked what I can do, what I can do to help others, what I really want to do. I think one of my most advantage is the ability to glocalize. In 2017, I would like to appeal my glocal experience to both multilingual projects and inter-industry projects. Dictionaty.com has the definition of glocal. global (adjective) of or relating to the interconnection of global and local issues, factors,etc.: e.g.: a glocal conference on community development. of or relating to the tailoring of globally available products and services to local markets: e.g.: a […] -
A Happy New Year 2011
at Chiyozaki Beach, Suzuka, Mie, Japan on January 1st, 2011 [ Check more photo and video ] . . -
Be carefull. Japan is super hot now
I know I should work on the report of World Cosplay Summit 2010. But Japan has been hot theses days… I mean really hot. In addition, Yukina (YokosoNews reporter) is currently down from heat fever… “summer cold” is very trciky. So I decided to work on this heat advisory article on YokosoNews. I also made a PDF file for your use. If you are hanging outside, and got sick because of hyperthermia, please take advantage of my PDF. http://yokosonews.com/lifestyle/jtg-heat-alert-in-japan/ . Have a safe traveling or living in Japan!