野．扎記

Representing Ma in Japan

nagatamacho — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:26:42 +0000

Exotic imagine presentation is not a lineal process. Mass media and communication content are core part to shape public perception. Taiwan’s new Pres. had been doing hard to dissipate public concern over his anti-Japan posture. Built on his C.V. to defend Taiwan’s sovereignty over Senkaku islands 尖閣諸島（Diayutai islands, 釣魚台列嶼）, Ma earned reputation to incarnate official KMT nationalism in moder life. Bottom line, Ma never expressed his insistence of claiming Taiwan’s sovereignty as the base to negotiate with Japan.

The past few days, Japanese news covered a story to reinforce this impression. He sent a hanging scroll written “partnership” (和衷共濟) to an anti-Japan group named 中華保釣協會, literally means Chinese Association of Protecting Diayutai, which opened shop in Hong Kong days before. Even Ma YJ implicated this was a custom in Taiwan to celebrate establishment of new group, but his explanation raised extensive concern internationally over his promise to improve Taiwan-Japan relationship. As Yomiuri news reports, Pres Ma’s gift might affect bilateral relationship.

【台北＝源一秀】台湾の馬英九総統が、尖閣諸島（台湾名・釣魚台列島）の領有権を主張する民間団体「中華保釣協会」（本部・台北、劉源俊理事長）の発足に合わせ、反日行動をあおるような文言の入った掛け軸を贈っていたことが分かった。

　反日団体とも言える組織へのこうした贈り物は、日台関係に影を落とす恐れもある。

　同協会は今年６月、内政部（総務省）に正式認可され、１１月９日に発足した。会員は約８０人。中国や香港、マカオ、米国の活動家とも連携を取っている。「釣魚台の主権死守」を設立の目的として掲げ、「（日本との）釣魚台海域の共同開発」が最終目標としている。活動計画には「毎年１回の釣魚台訪問で我々の主権を主張すること」も盛り込まれている。

　掛け軸は今年１０月末、馬総統が贈ったもので、「和衷共済」の成語が大書され、隣に馬総統の名前が入っている。成語は「心を同じくして協力しよう」の意。馬総統自身、過去に尖閣諸島の領有権を主張する活動に関与していることから、同団体に肩入れしたようにも読み取れる。

In fact, Pres. Ma’s approval rate in Taiwan dropped drastically thanks to his poor performance. His premier Liu Zhaoxuan planned to issue purchase voucher to stimulate consumption. This policy borrowed the wisdom from Japan without deliberation. In addition, the government also concentrated its energy over the corruption case of former Pres Chen Shuibian. A Japanese commentator wisely described current arrest as “arrest show” like the South Korea counterparts that helped little to improve government performance. Observers worried if Taiwan would repeat the track of South Korea of political revenge which destabilized domestic politics.

Idea at War

nagatamacho — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:31:48 +0000

Great East Asia Coprosperity Sphere is a condemning subject in East Asia post WWII. The invading legacy of Japanese Imperial Army left miserable record to the ideal of East Asia integration and taught the lesson of military misuse. Facing global movements toward regionalism, East Asia integration buoyed up and brought new perspective to review pan-Asianism in history.

Before jumping into the “whose Asia” thesis, let’s read some philosophy.

Nishida Kitarô（西田幾多郎）, the spiritual father of Kyoto school presented a non-western muse of philosophy of “field.” This idea provide civil potential for diverse cultural to blend and mix in oriental way. I found a good book authored by Goto-Jones a new way to inspire more possibility. Why should I read this book? Becoz I’m visiting the beautiful Leiden a few days latter.

Post-Boom Recession

nagatamacho — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:40:59 +0000

I read an interesting article written by sessai concerning post-boom recession. He lists historical record as below:

神武景気　　　１９５４年１２月～５７年６月　２年７カ月
なべ底不況　　　５７年７月～５８年６月　１年
岩戸景気　　　　５８年７月～６１年１２月　３年６カ月
いざなぎ景気　　６５年１１月～７０年７月　４年９カ月
第１次石油危機　７３年１２月～７５年３月　１年４カ月
第２次石油危機　８０年３月～８３年２月　３年
円高不況　　　　８５年７月～８６年１１月　１年５カ月
バブル景気　　　８６年１２月～９１年２月　４年３カ月
ＩＴバブル　　　９９年２月～００年１１月　１年１０カ月
戦後最長景気　　０２年２月～０８年８月？

It is a little bit sorry to read the one-day event of Julia Tokyo on the same article. The mesmeric club was virtually a representative icon for pop culture in the early 90s. Days before a music event brought back the sensational scene that lured a crowd of ladies ranging from 20s to 40s to join. A long line was drawn before the event started. Obviously Tokyo people need a shelter to hide behind tough days.

Problematic poll for PM approval rate

nagatamacho — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:08:33 +0000

PrimeMinister Fukuda had stepped down days before. However a lingering question ghosted the general public are diverse poll figures released by mainstream news agencies. Poll technology is advancing through decades. But transplanting poll to East Asia reached limited success. Not only in Japan, most polls conducted in Taiwan and South Korea fail to show supposed accuracy. A intuitive answer attribute the inaccuracy to indirectness of expression of opinion of Japanese people. What is missing from this intuition is political identity in “a non-liberal democracy”.

內閣民調問題, originally uploaded by Jameswy.Wang.

Non-liberal democracy implicates a political system employs alternative principle for leadership selection which contrasts liberal democracy. Most parliamentarian governments adopt sort of seniority system to recruit candidates for post appointment. In mature democracies whereas turnover of ruling party is frequent, electorates may perceive political ethics of “selectorate” and expect promotion of beloved politicians. But in liberal democracies, promising leaders compete based on the odds to win. The race turns out to be competition of capacity. The psychological link between politicians and electorates could remind poll experts, especially training in US, to adjust predicting model when do polling in parliamentarian countries.

Japan became a parliamentarian country since the enforcement of the Imperial Constitution in the Meiji period. During occupied period the SCAP (usually written as GHQ in Japanese texts) rewrote the constitution in order to democratize this formidable adversary. The democratization policy changed drastically after outburst of the Cold War. The SCAP required Japan to be the US outpost in East Asia to contain expansion of communism. In order to remilitarize Japan, purge against war accomplices stalled. Most Class A war criminals were released to “defend democracy”. The historical conjuncture drove Japan to alternative path of democracy quite disparate from the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). Managed to survive extensive riots during the 1950s and 1960s, Japanese government were generally controlled under conservatives’ hands. What embarrassed is Japan became a democracy lack of ruling party turnover. Except few years during the first half in the 1990s, the LDP successfully stayed at the position as a hegemonic ruling party. It is understandable how the electorates lose confidence on the democratic system. No real change could be made through election.

Under this condition, polls conducted by news agency were by and large reflect ideological orientation of the readership. Japanese voters cannot choose ruling parties. But they at least choose newspapers. This post “内閣改造後の世論調査にビックリ!” demonstrates how diverse the poll figures can be. In fact, what really exposed is the break out of ideological spectrum of newspapers.

A more Asian Japan

nagatamacho — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:08:28 +0000

This is a diagram illustrates exchange of personnels amid new trendy of regionalism across East Asia. Taiwan, South Korea and China deepened relations with Japan whilst a new intra-regional gravity was fermenting. It’s true. Japan is more Asian contingent on gold flow and human exchange. What is missing in this diagram is Japan is more global as well. A growing group of global Japanese enterprises adapted to globalised environment and developed new structure of decision making. Under lukewarm figure of growth rate, Japanese business learned how to survive with slow growth. This is a signal of a mature economy. Japan deserved a reappraisal with sophistication.

朝日新聞：亞洲人與日本來往交流情形, originally uploaded by Jameswy.Wang.

福田首相辭任

nagatamacho — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:42:50 +0000

日本首相福田在歷經種種低迷的民調襲擊以後，終於在昨日宣佈辭職。這是日本民主運作中一個很有趣的現象，政治領袖的更跌，不因大選的失敗來做決定，而是由公眾的認知來決定。無形的文化原則比有形的政治慣例，發揮了更大的作用，這是日本政治獨特的魅力之處。

事實上，即使舉辦了洞爺湖高峰會這樣的成功活動也無法獲得足夠的支持，再加上過於傾中曾招致支持圖博的活動家至其事務所抗議。福田首相在內政與外交上面都顯得應對失當。但是，日本民眾對於福田的辭任仍然表示驚訝，這種無預警的辭任，即使是同縣的神奈川縣民眾，也認為此舉過於突然，「缺乏美感」、不負責任。一般認為，即將出現的總選舉壓力，公民黨對於《印度洋給油持續補給支援特措法》的強烈反對，以及對手民主黨的聲勢日隆，都是導致福田首相辭職的主因。

可能的繼任者是麻生太郎，不過中川秀直元幹事長與小池百合子元防衛相都是可能的挑戰人選；此外，麻生太郎除了要獲得黨內的信任，如何帶領自民黨贏得選舉，亦是重要任務。小泉兒童（小泉チルドレン，意指小泉提拔出來的徒弟）將形成反麻生派，也影響麻生實際的掌權。

福田首相、辞任の意向

忠烈祠也有日本人

nagatamacho — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:55:24 +0000

台灣的忠烈祠，某個程度上和日本的靖國神社一樣，標誌著國家建立民族論述的重要內涵。奇特的是，近來一篇報導說明，金門的忠烈祠中，亦有日本記者合祀。其主要原因，是八二三砲戰中，有包括日本記者安田延之在內的6名外國記者在採訪中喪生，為了表彰他們因公殉職的精神，便將他們一舉合祀於忠烈祠之中，新聞報導如下。其實，各種民族主義論述之軸線，常因敵我關係之變遷而變化，情境性的理解，恐怕比驟下斷因理性得多。

台湾：忠烈祠に日本人記者ら合祀　遺族の同意なく問題に？

　【台北・庄司哲也】台湾の金門県は２４日、中国軍が金門島を砲撃した１９５８年の第２次台湾海峡危機を取材中に死亡した日本人記者ら６記者を戦没者や英雄を祭る忠烈祠（ちゅうれつし）に合祀（ごうし）した。外国人を忠烈祠に祭るのは初めて。遺族の同意はなく、今後、問題になる恐れもある。

　合祀されたのは、読売新聞の嘱託臨時通信員だった安田延之記者（当時２３歳）。安田さんは、砲撃開始後の同年９月２６日、他の外国人記者ら７人と金門島に取材に向かい、高波のため乗っていた上陸揚舟艇が沈没した。

　２３日が金門島の砲撃開始から５０年に当たるため、台湾の軍事記者が、安田さんら殉職した記者を忠烈祠に祭ることを提案。金門県が合祀を決めた。

　金門県の担当者は「記者は戦士たちのニュースを全世界に届け殉職した」と合祀の理由を説明。だが、安田さんら外国人記者の遺族に連絡がつかないことを理由に、合祀の承諾を得なかったという。

　忠烈祠は、軍人や警察官のほか、民間人も合祀対象。台湾の抗日犠牲者や中国共産党と国民党が戦火を交えた国共内戦の犠牲者も祭られている。

　安田さんのおいで、東京都の仏具会社役員、安田元慶さん（３３）は「当局からの連絡はなかった。通すべき筋が省かれてしまった印象を受ける」と話している。

松坂大輔追平野茂取得第16勝

nagatamacho — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:55:29 +0000

這兩天的棒球消息，as you might know, Daisuke is virtually the major icon that represent a new wave of “soft power” export of Japanese culture. Now this legend has a new addition. Matsuzaka san evened the winning record set by Nomo years before. 読売新聞 covered this story.

松坂１６勝目、大リーグ日本人年間最多勝…野茂と並ぶ
野茂と並ぶ日本人最多の１６勝目を挙げた松坂＝ロイター

【ボストン＝本田祐介】レッドソックスの松坂は２９日、ホワイトソックス戦に先発し、８回を２安打無失点と好投。

チームは８―０で勝ち、松坂が野茂英雄氏の持つ日本投手の大リーグ年間最多勝利数に並ぶ１６勝目（２敗）を挙げた。この試合で松坂の奪三振は７、与四死球は２。
（2008年8月30日11時29分読売新聞）

Daisuke MatsuzakaOriginally uploaded by tingley

新黨的出現

nagatamacho — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:39:18 +0000

日本政治最新動態，據日本讀賣新聞報導，民主黨的渡邊秀、大江、姬井三位參院議員脫黨，與另外兩位無黨參議員組成新黨，稱為「改革團體」。在參議院來說，由於多數黨與少數黨自民黨之間的差距不大，這項叛離演出，被視為是對於參院多數黨領袖小澤一郎不滿的回應。

民主の渡辺秀・大江・姫井３氏、離党届を提出

民主党の渡辺秀央参院議員（元郵政相）は２８日、民主党を離党し、新党「改革クラブ」を結成する意向を表明した。

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渡辺氏によると、ほかに民主党の大江康弘、姫井由美子両参院議員と、無所属の荒井広幸、松下新平両参院議員が参加し、計５人となる。渡辺、大江、姫井３氏は２８日、民主党に離党届を提出した。２９日午後に記者会見して新党結成を正式表明する予定だ。無投票３選が確実となっている小沢代表への反発を理由に挙げており、党には大きな打撃となる。与野党が逆転している参院では、議席数の差が縮まることになる。

（2008年8月28日14時49分読売新聞）

恐懼之邦

nagatamacho — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:35:59 +0000

人工美女是威力在艾爾帕西諾（Al Pacino）的《虛擬情人》（Simone）就已經展現了，在大眾傳真的年代，媒介即是訊息，現代人在資訊爆炸中，對於「真相」（truth）的追查已然無力。甚至，「虛擬真實」（virtual reality）取代了真相，擬真實在大眾傳播中造成效果，真實即死。這樣的資訊洪流，莫不是這個世界面臨的全新恐懼。

有人言，Google 搜尋器，已經提供了全新的偵錯方式，讓真相的檢驗攤開在透明的程序之下，然而，在國家建制仍未拆解之前，或者，在官方證明文件仍然取得普遍信任的情況下，即使生理年齡造假的體操選手，亦可以否決這樣的檢證程序。如此一來，媒體，乃至於網路，作為傳播管道，活生生成了布爾迪厄（Bourdieu）場域理論所言，反而成為政經勢力逐鹿的權力展現。文化資本上位的積極者，操弄資訊生產，創造出信以為真（make believe）的結果，對於民主政治造成最大的挑戰。克萊頓（Michael Crichton）的《恐懼之邦》（State of Fear）描繪了網路戰爭（Netwar）的奇幻異境，環境激進組織織造的全球暖化現象，泡製全球性恐懼。高科技知識、扁平式組織、類神經式行動協力，恐怖主義分子是開放社會的病毒，製造千禧年來的第一道恐慌。

是的，或許閱畢之後，閤上書本，你安心地一笑置之，「真會扯」！只是，別忘了，上個世紀的種種虐殺與陰謀所堆積而成的世禍，正是積極行動者，利用了無數的「真會扯」態度，一步步地達成他們的使命。弗洛姆講的「單面向的人」，描繪社會心理失能下集體追求統一思維的民主顛覆記，或許，你我也剛好認識一群人持續上演這樣的把戲。大眾智能怎麼判斷？請容我維持這樣的悲觀。

*人工美女是惡夢還是終極，是幻象還是完美？
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**Simone 的演場會場景