Chinese Thumbs Up for GM Rice

A ten-year research project on Chinese rice farming may have given Chinese authorities the green light to go full steam ahead with using genetically modified (GM) rice. I didn't know why GM crops are not good. But my friend said that GM is recent technology, so we don't know what will affect on our body in the future.

There are many food, which say "this is NOT GM food" when I go to supermarket. But there is no food says "this is a GM food." So, we might eat GM food unknowingly.

Of course, plants that had been modified can be insect resistant and grow faster. But it's unnatural. Natural food is better than GM food. I don't want to eat GM food if it is possible.

The Baby Hatch

I researched about the Baby Hatch in class. In Japan, there is a Baby Hatch in Kumamoto prefecture. I agree with the Baby Hatch because it can save babies' lives. There are many cases of abuse. Some of them, parents killed their children. I think the Baby Hatch can reduce abused, abortioned, and abandoned children.

If parents abandoned their children to outside like street, park, or in front of a orphan's home, they will be punished by the law in Japan because it is a crime. But, children who were put in the Baby Hatch, they are not abandoned children. So, parents don't need to be punished.

For these reasons, I agree with institution of the Baby Hatch and Japanese government should establish it not only Kumamoto prefecture.

Smacking Kids Lowers Their I.Q.

I couldn't believe it when I read this article. New research shows that smacking, or spanking, children can affect their intelligence. However, I think that which is more important I.Q. or morality. Even children are intelligent, they can't be good people without moral education. If my children behaved badly, I will spank them.

In Japan, there are parents who are called "Monster Parents." They raise their children indulgently. So, when something happens in school, the parents rush to school and they complain to teachers. I don't know why they do so. Teachers can't scold students recently. We should scold children if they behaved badly. It makes them people who have morality.

Divorce rate explosion expected in Japan

Independence is important for women in these days, but divorce is selfish. Of course, it depends on the case. For example, domestic violence is unforgiveable. Parents should not divorce if they do not a big problem such as the domestic violence and debt. It can be the reason for the divorce. However, I think divorce is thoughtless behavior. Even though, women want to become independent, they should think about their children.

Especially in Okinawa, the divorce rate is higher than other prefectures. In my opinion, young people get married get faster, and they divorce easily as boyfriend and girlfriend. In Okinawa, the birth rate is higher, too. Consequently, there are a lot of children with on parent in Okinawa. Parents have a responsibility to grow their children. It is related to their children’s life. Children need both their father and mother. When people get married, their life impacts others.

Japanese government should improve of the childcare system, and give women the chance that they can work again after they have a baby. Then we need to understand their family necessities.

Violence in Japan’s Elementary Schools

Japanese elementary schools are becoming ever more increasingly violent. It is the serious educational issue in Japan. I guess there are two reasons of violence by children.

First, when they do not like someone, they tend to hit him/her. They feel a difference between them and they do not admit the difference. We have to teach them importance of personality and thinking for how others feel.
Second, their parents do not scold them if their children did bad behavior. Children tend to think “that’s okay because my mother and father do not scold us” when they do bad things. Actually, when I was in junior high school, my cousin fought students from other school. My uncle, his father was angry with him and he stopped to fight others. So it is important to scold the children.

Japanese children have been more violent than before. Violence may be caused and decreased by education. Japan has to change the educational system and teachers’ consciousness. Violence by children is a big problem.

U.K. Smoking Ban

The British government will soon ban smoking in most public places in an effort to protect public health and cut the number of illness and premature deaths caused by secondhand smoke. The Japanese government also bans smoking in some public places. Japanese cigarette companies do not write warnings about deaths caused by smoke. They only say that “Smoking may harm your health.” On the other hand, foreign countries’ cigarette companies say that “Smoking causes the death.”

Smoking does not have any good things. However, there are a lot of smoking people in Japan. I think this is a strategy of the cigarette companies. Secondhand smoke is a big issue. If smokers have children, their children smoke, too. Even though people do not smoke, they could be damaged by secondhand smoke. Smoking kills many people by various causes. For example, lung cancer and myocardial infarction are caused by smoking.

Smokers have to be concerned about their health and the people around them. People should think about the smoking problem more. Considering these issues, I will never smoke.

A Christmas Carol

I watched the movie, which title is "A Christmas Carol" with Manae on Tuesday. It was wonderful! I was excited with the movie. I like the Disney's movies. They are dreamy movies, which I forget the real life.

The story was about an old man who did not like Christmas. But faries of past, present, and future appeared, and the old man became a person who loves Christmas.

After the movie, I thought I have to be kind to others and do the good things. Life is very short, so I want to be satisfied with my life.