I am not so interested in professional sports. I have, however, custom to check news about professional baseball games. My interest is very limited. "Whether Ichiro Suzuki had hit today?". Ichiro Suzuki, is a Major League Baseball right fi…

"Unrealistic" could be a key word to express some situation in Japan. 1) Unrealistic children The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly is deliberating stronger regulations on publication which include content with sexual depictions of characters th…

If you know someone who can speak their mother tongue and your mother tongue, should you speak in their mother tongue? It is a tough question. If the person study our mother tongue as a foreign language, speaking in their language may spoi…

These days, influence of e-books by digital devices has been discussed in Japan. After release of iPad, the motivation of textbook was booming in consumer electronics industries. Merit and demerit are often discussed on twitter. Discussion…

It has been said that the animals have mind. To some extent, that would be true. On the other hand, it may not be like human beings. In my opinion, some part of mind of human being consists of what you learn in your life. Animals do not ha…

Going to see movie is a popular recreation worldwide. I think I do not love movies so much. I still like to go to see movie or see movie at home. One reason is for fun (unfortunately, you cannot pursue "interesting" in movies), second reas…

The cover photo of TIME of this week was very shocking. A woman who lost her nose sit down on a floor. This was a tragedy of the woman who attempted run away from her husband and her in-lows. They abused her and she had no choice to leave.…

1)Handwriting CV Oh my holy God! Can you imagine "handwriting CV"? I cannot believe such ridiculous types of applications "widely" exist in Japan. People who strongly believe its existence insist that handwriting CV means that the applican…

These days, by the advancement of technology, we enjoy very useful information technology in our works. Recently, the latest advancement of technology significantly affect my research life, which I do not know how long will it take. The ex…

Every history have their back ground and every culture has their own heroes. May be, a lot of people say, RYOMA SAKAMOTO(1836-1867) I guess only a few people know this name in US. Currently, TV drama is broadcasted on TV. He played a very …

The previous story has important implication for programming. If you develop a software, especially for science, you should make it thoroughly. In order to develop "good code", you need to follow these two simple rule. a) learn hot to use …

Be Creative! "These days, students get used to using others' program and do not know internal functions!" This sentence was told by my previous advisor, who made a three-dimentional numerical model of hydrothermal system 20 years ago. If y…

The other day, one of my colleague said, "Hey Run, When did you go home last night?" That is a question. Basically, I do not want to say "I am studying - hours a day." or "I did not sleep too much." The pace of study or time of sleep vary …

When you hear "black", what do you imagine? Color?People?Coffee?These days, Japanese mass media often uses black when they address companies which require long-hours and hard work to their employees with cheap salaries. Employees of the bl…

Foot-and-Mouth disease Foot-and-mouth disease, FMD or hoof-and-mouth disease (Aphtae epizooticae) is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic animals such as cattle, water buffalo, …

These days, my advisers and I am reading a paper about my research. I explain the contents about the paper and they add some necessary information. I have no experience to read papers with my advisers, but we can do it now because they do …

The other day, I went to Spencer View (graduate students' apartment) to see a foot ball game. Some of my friends invited me to see. In the end, almost 15 people gathered in a community room in Spencer View. Some of students came with their…

First name policy is the essence of US culture. For example, Professor Keiichi Aki, the “creator” of modern seismology (it’s not exaggeration!), was called “Aki Sensei! (Professor Aki!)” from Japanese scientists. However, everybody in US s…

One clear and biggest cultural differences in USA is, of course we have a lot of differences but some difference is easy to recognize, regulation on bicycle and dogs or even children. In USA, taking dogs into building is not forbidden. Bec…

As I told you often, I sometimes had some chance to live with people in US. I regard such experience as an important part of my study in US. On the other hand, I had some difficulty in communication with them because of gap between non-nat…

Doug is cool! Ebba is cool! Sofie is cute ! P.S. Sofie's very very cute and cool and smart訳 Dougは素敵！ Ebbaは素敵！ Sofieはかわいい！ 追伸 Sofieはとってもとってもかわいくて、素敵で頭がいい講評 若者らしいストレートな発想で自分の親・姉妹…

Two days ago, I had a short converstion with my supervisor. I had to ask him about status of PhD in USA. Generally speaking, PhD in USA is good choice. It enhance job opportunity, your knowledge and salary. In addition, PhD can receive fin…

One of the amazing things for me was some people take their dog in USA (or just in Cascade Hall?) When I was in Japan, the administration of Kyushu University even banned to take our bicycle in the buildings. I follow the regulation to fin…

The otherday, I received some gift from a Japanese teacher. He gave me a book of excellent Japanse history and history of Japasene literature wirtten by Shuichi Kato.When I wote a letter to him for the first time in 5 years, he replied me …

The record of immunization of measles and parotitis is required by the UO health center. My mother kept the record in the maternity record book.; however, I decided to have a blood test for confirmation.Various kind of people come to USA, …

One of the key for the success of PhD is "communication" with advisers. No one can deny it. The world of laboratory is small world. Of course, the advisers have been supervising for a lot of students and they get used to deal with communic…

Here I would like to talk about the new book of Haruki Murakami. The most important thing is "how I can address it without addressing the contents itself." The author (not me, but Haruki Murakami) kept the contents in secret, so I also fol…