Which comes first: economic growth or environmental sustainability?

It's difficult to reach a definitive answer. But in my opinion, economic
growth should be placed in the first priority. There are two reasons why
I think so.
First, Corporations try to play a role to maintain the environment.
Let's take semiconductor chip design for example. A lot of engineers make
strong effort to reduce power consumption leading to durable. Literally,
night and day. Low power consumption is highly evaluated at not
international conference but also marketwise.
This is a good evidence to show how important environmental sustainability
is.
Second, this is not only our generation's problem but also future
generation's problem. For example, Kyoto protocol has been shed light on.
It covers more than 160 countries globally. This is a good agreement for future
generation. The U.S is criticized not to ratify the protocol by the
reason that it would result in serious harm to the economy of the United
States.
But over 200 cities in the U.S ratify on their own. This indicates that
the state-level program
will apply pressure on the federal government.
In conclusion, environmental sustainability should be placed at high
priority.

How should our taxes be spent?

How to spend our taxes is the most important issue in Japan. There is no easy answer to this question. But I have two ideas to efficiently use our taxes. First, health care. By 2015, one in four people will be over 65, which means that Japan will be a gray society. The government should have responsibility to take care the elderly. For example, we are DINKS which stands for double income, no kids. It means that there is no choice but rely on some kind of program the government provide with even if we have deposit money. Tax should be earmarked to support the system in demographic imbalance environment.

Second, financial support. If the couple has children, both of them will not have enough time to take care of them especially in case woman has her own work. Instead, they will have to hire a nanny or enroll the children in a nursery school. Financial burden is one of the obstacles for low birth rate. To remove financial burden, our taxes should be used to support couples. In conclusion, by using our taxes effectively, we can solve two social issues -- health care and low birth rate. As proverb goes, killing two birds with one stone.

A type of business I would like to start.

I'm an engineer of semiconductor. I'm immersed in technology. I'd like to do something which is completely different from technology for a change. That is food business. I'll tell you why I think so. First, business opportunity. When I visited the US and the UK on business trip, I noticed one thing. There are tons of Japanese food restaurants there. But I've never seen Takoyaki(Japanese octopus dumpling) . They serve Sushi or Tempura. However they don't serve Takoyaki. I thought it might become a good bussiness. Renting tenant is a little bit risky. So I thought Yatai(food stall) type would be suitable. I consider it seriously.
Second, I'd like to export Japanese culture through Takoyaki. I belive Takoyaki is one of the greatest traditional fast-food in Japan. I want a lot of people all over the world to enjoy it.
In conclusion, I'd like to challenge lauching food bussiness.

Why is Japanese animation highly valued around the world?

Japanese animation has been having a good reputation and accepted by allover the world. There are two reasons here. First, Japanese animation profiles an actual content with reality. Japanese animationdepicts complicated conflict over real life. For example, "ManagerKousaku Shima" The manager handles touchy issues and conflicts on the job. This kind of reality catches the readers interest at world wide level. Especially, demands of readers in Japan is very high. To attract not only children but also adults, contents should be more sophisticated. Second, artistic taste is brilliant and sophisticated. Japanese animation skill is much higher than Foreign one. Let's take Hayao Miyazaki's work-- "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi". This work vividly depicts just clothes with reality. There is no other foreign film than Japanese one.This kind of a way of depicting attracts a lot of foreigners. Besides, Osamu Tezuka is a pioneer of Japanese animation. A lot of young people followed him. Then competion is harsh. It ends up good quality.

Pros and Cons of fast-food culture

Fast-food culture has been widely accepted in Japan. The more society in Japan is westernized, the more fast-food is also accepted. Now I'll talk about Pros and Cons of fast-food culture. First, pros of fast-food culture is efficiency. Fast-food contributes to reduce time to take. For example, business people work hard as a bee. They don't have enough leeway to enjoy food. McDonald humbugger is a typical case. We need just 5 minutes to eat. As is often the case, fast-food is relatively high calory. Therefore, we can keep energy through eating fast-food. Time and calory efficiency would be pros.
To the contrary, long term effect on health is cons. One American film, "Super size me", took up fast-food. The leading character keeps eating fast-food for a month. The result shows us that only eating fast-food aggravates our health condition. It's very ridiculous.
In my opinion, I love fast-food even if a lot of people criticize it because fast-food is grease and leads to obesity. Humbugger of Burgerking, French fry of McDonald are the best combination.

Expressions I learned today

A dime a dozen.
Piter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
The rabbit ran around the rugged rock.
People who talk loudly on their cell pones on the train really annoy me.
People who cough and sneeze without covering their mouths really annoy me.
We won't go there.