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posted by Jun Okumura at 12:56 PM
Friday, August 24, 2007
About Me
- Name: Jun Okumura
- Location: Japan
After graduation, Jun Okumura promptly entered what is now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and stayed in in its ecosystem most of his “adult” life. Along the way, he had pleasant stops in an assortment of Japanese quangos (Japangos?), overseas assignments and government agencies. After thirty years, though, it dawned on him that he had no aptitude whatsoever for administration and/or management. Armed with this epiphany, he went to the authorities and arranged an amicable separation; to come out, as it were. He is completely on his own IYKWIAS, but he and the METI folks remain “good friends.” He currently holds the titles of “visiting researcher” at the Meiji Institute for Global Affairs (no, that MIGA) and counselor at a risk analysis firm that dares not speak its name. This gives him plenty of time to blog or make money on his own. His bank account says that he does too much of the first, and insists that he do more of what he calls “intellectual odd jobs”. He wants to be paid to write fulltime, or better, talk—where the easy money is—but that distinction has largely escaped him. He really should not be referring to himself in the third person; he is not that famous.
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7 Comments:
I believe your favorite blogger needs some of your cheer again. He seems a bit out of sorts. And I am not in a position to show care.
Anon
Thanks for dropping by, Anon.
Unrelated to anything, but you seem to have a fan at Ampontan.
And "What Japan Thinks" has an interesting little survey on Japanese lifestyle. One question asked what was necessary to improve one's lifestyle. Sixty percent responded "have room in my heart."
Anon
Thanks again, Anon. I am aware that there are many, many good mainly-Japan blogs out there that I don't have the time to read, and I know that Ampontan is one of them. I'm not sure I've seen What Japan Thinks before. Let me take a look at that that survey as well.
Ampontan probably is not familiar with the American love for sports metaphors. Let me give an example to show you the origins.
Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls strode into Boston Garden for opening night as the reigning NBA champions, whereupon my beloved Boston Celtics, coming off yet another in a long string of disasters in the dismal post-Bird era, delivered a thorough beating on the hapless visitors. That is why they play the game.
See?
My point, in case anyone misses it, is that no matter what the poll numbers say, it's what happens in those voting booths that counts. I thought that was obvious.
As for the distinction between seisaku政策 and seukyou政策, it is the often the politicians themselves who make that distinction between statecraft and the jockeying for power and influence.
It never fails to amuse me how stereotypes help blind people to the obvious.
Hey, everyone makes mistakes.
I see now, that ever so briefly there was some sort of defense of you and a compliment by some commentator. I believe it also pointed out Amtanpon's penchant for thinking some people are not Japanese enough. This post was removed. It must have existed those very few minutes in the week I actually look at his blog.
Interesting. Amtanpon makes a number of English mistakes and selects peculiar topics, which causes one to believe that he does not write all of his blog himself.
Disappointed Anon
Actually, Disappointed Anon, the Ampontan post is still there. Every blogger selects peculiar topics, and I make mistakes too:
I should have written distinction between seisaku政策 and seikyou政局, not distinction between seisaku政策 and seikyou政策.
And I don't write all my stuff either. Actually, all the posts on my blog come to you courtesy of the Random Blather Generator, a software program invented by AIST (http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/aist_laboratories/2informaton/index.html) that is given to all METI employees as a retirement gift. Talk about perk.
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