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仏教について勉強しています。今回は栄西禅師と臨済宗について学びました。
お茶の種を中国から持って帰って下さったのがありがたいですね。

Double lesson

We mainly talked about Japanese sake.
A lot of restaurants overseas started to import sake from Japan and serve it.
There are 156,000 restaurants serving sake in 2019, compared to only 24,000 in 2006.
Amino-acid in sake matches very well with French.
People in France are accustomed with drinking wine, but they want to drink something different.
The star player for Japan's national soccer team began touring Japan to learn about traditional Japanese culture and visited craftsman. Now, he is using what he learned during the tour to help the sake industry, involve in a range of ventures to help sake become a genuinely global product.

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We mainly talked about the The Science Council of Japan.
It is the representative organization of Japanese scientist community ranging over all fields of sciences subsuming humanities, social sciences, life sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Six were removed from the council and the opposition is trying to figure out who took the 6 off the list and have a debate as to how that happened. There might be an issue of Liberal Democratic Party or an issue of Prime Minister, Suga.

Also, we talked about the fact that people tend to save money during Covid-19 pandemic.
The saving rate rose to its highest during two decades.

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First we talked about my trip to Iwaki-city, visited Hawaiians, a hot spring for rehabilitating race horses, memorial exhibit of Tsunami in 2011, Itsura Kanko Hotel, memorial exhibit of a famous composer, Yuji Koseki. We also talked about the fact that President Trump was infected with Corona virus.

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We mainly talked about the tourism in Japan. Local business in both urban areas and rural areas are devastated after Covid-19 pandemic. We have to find a way to revitalize Japanese tourism. After Go To Travel Campaign, some rural areas are experiencing higher volume visitors and have incited an equal mix of wrath and fear from many residents of rural areas. Some hotels and ryokans are thinking of opening their rooms to remote workers. In that way, they can get sustainable income and easily get consensus from local residents.

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We mainly discussed about the new wave of service robots which has emerged amid the pandemic to help maintain safety and social distancing. Robots started to be used to handle disinfection, transportation and other essential tasks to maintain safety and social distancing in factories. Some Japanese companies started to manufacture robots. One of them is at the reception at a hotel, greet customers and alert the staff in remote office who communicate with customers by RoBoHon using a smart phone or tablet terminal. There are pros and cons of using robots and discussed about them.

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We mainly talked about the election held after the President Abe resigned.
There were three candidates. We discussed about how they are going to tackle issues Japan is facing in terms of foreign policies Covid-19 response, economy policy, infertility and snap election. Shigeru Ishiba focuses on creating a safe system in Japan for the peace of Japan. In terms of foreign policy, Yoshihide Suga will focus on "Free and OpenIn-Pacific Strategy" and continue to work toward repatriation of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea agents. Fumio Kishida wil forcus on promoting free trade and the United nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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Mainly we talked about the resignation of Prime Minister Sinzo Abe.
He leaves without any signature breakthroughs on women's issues, amending the constitution or economic policy. Bach, who credited Abe with getting the Olympics back to Japan said it was with great sadness that I learned about the resignation of Prime Minister, Abe. I think whoever the next prime minister is will ensure Abe has a prominent place at the Olympics, it won't be the same as his being in charge to welcome people.

Also, we talked bout using AI for quality control.
Global manufacturers have long used robots in production while leaving the knotty work of spotting flaws mainly to humans. However, social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have promoted a rethink of the factory floor. That has spurred the increase use of robots and other technology for quality control.

Double lesson

We mainly talked about the way silk was manufactured at Tomioka Silk Mill.
The mill shut down because there was a decrease in demand for silk to make kimonos.
Row cocoons were weighed by placing entire delivery vehicle on a large scale and then transferred to the Cocoon Handling Area. Row cocoons were dried under high temperature for six to seven hours to enable long term storage. Storage methods changed accordingly with the times to prevent damage from moisture and rats. Deformed or soiled cocoons were removed for production of high quality raw silk. The cocoons were boiled and softened for smooth unwinding of fibers. Silk fiber pulled up from cocoons were piled together and reeled onto small reels. for stabilizing raw silk, threads were re-reeled onto larger reels. The twisted raw silk bundles were packed in carton boxes. Raw silk was inspected for quality and weight. Raw silk shipped domestically and internationally from Tomioka silk Mill was made into silk products to be sold around the world.

平安時代の浄土思想が広がった時代背景について学びました。神仏習合と末法思想について説明しました。
水泳のシンクロをイメージしてsyncretism of Buddhism and Shinto を覚えました。

平安時代の仏教を紹介しました。浄土教はPure land Buddhism として広く貴族のあいだで受け入れられました。
宇治の平等院は綺麗ですね。

In this class I talked about the Heian period and it's culture. The Heian period lasted 400 years, so it was difficult to
compile the episodes within 50 minutes.