Prime Minister Naoto Kan will be forced to resign by the end of August

On July 9th, Democratic Party secretary general, Katsuya Okada, said that additional budget plan will be put together under new leadership  at a Democratic Party's meeting, gathering all representatives from every  regional organisations of the party.

And this means there is no supporters within Democratic Party for Naoto Kan,

Therefore,  it is highly likely PM Naoto Kan is forced to resign by the end of August when this extended congress of this summer end.

If this is the case,  prime mister is going to resign wihtin two years again. This is going to be the 6th prime minister who resigne within two years since 2000.

I strongly believe the resignation of the Prime minister with this very short period is not good at all.

First, I think this is due to each prime minister's individual ability. But given that this is the 6 th prime minister within 12 years, I am beginning to think that this might be the problem to select our Primi Minister.

I wonder if there are any political systems that will fix the mal fuctioning Japanese political election system?  

The icecream that every Japanese Love

It is so hot these days, especially this summer.  Since the 3.11 nuclear power plant trouble, every company is forced to reduce by 15% of total consumption of electricity. So, every office set the air conditioning system to maintain 25c in office hour. Couple of dacades ago, at a time air conditioning sytem is not so familiar, everyone went to Department Store, Bank Offices, llibraries, coffee shop, etc., somewhere that had had an air cooling system to away from heat. But this year, those places are not so cool because they are also forced to reduce power consumption.

So, now icecream and beverage bottling companies are full in operation.

Here I introduce th ranking of some inexpensive icecream, that you can buy at convinience store.

No.1  Jumbo Choco Monaca
produced by: Morinaga Corp.
Price           : JPY 120  (USD$1.5)

Vanila and slice of chocolate icecream covered by Monaka. When you bite, it's crispy. 'Saku-Saku' is how we describe its crispiness. Monaka is a kind of wafer, but it's not like what you can imagine with waffles It's more thick and crsip on the surface, and soft inside,  and a little bit of sweetness included,. ... mmh, try first.






No.2  Gari Gari Kun
produced by Akagi  Nugyo
Price      : JPY 60 (US $0.8)

Look at this unsophisticated package. It looks cheap, plain and simple. And the inside is exactly it looks like.

This is a kind of icecrashed candy bar. Soda (ramune flavored)  icecream is inside. When you finish eating, look at the wooden stick. When you find 'あたり'　written on surface, then you won and can get another free Gari Gari kun,


See how cheap this campaign is. This is exactly boy kids love, and most adult men love. This product has been put in the market since 1964. And surprisingly, this ice candy bar was the most sold icecream at convenience store last year.
This Akagi Nyugyo is not a big company. I am sure they bet their live on this product.


No.3  Super Cup
produced by Morinaga
Price :  JPY 120 (US$1.5)

This is the best standard vanila ice cream.

Yes, this is plain and simple vanila ice cream.

 

but I may recommend this

My No.3 Sou

produce by Lotte
Price :  JPY 120 (US$ 1.5)

As this prodcut name shows, it's more brisk on tongue.

It's creamy, but not too much, sweet but not too much.

It feels like a litte bit of crashed ice in it.  You can't find any of such small ice cubic. Probably it is in micro mm scale.

Lastly, every icecream  Maccha (Grenntea) flavour icecream. try those, too.

240,000 households need to read my blog!!

According to the NHK survery, still 240 thousands households do not have digital-broadcasting-support TV set at the end of June, while the number decreased by 24 thousand since mid June.

Those 240 thousands household need to buy at least digital tuner, and  have to install digital broadcasting antenna. Otherwise, you won't be able to watch TV programs at all with those analog-broadcasting support TVs.

The least expensive TV tuner will cost about JPY 12,000, and antenna implementaion may cost JPY 30,000.

I think it's worth to buy them, otherwise your analog TV becomes just a huge heavy box.

For a person who subscribe cable TV, probably you don't need to pay those money because probably your set top box changes digital signal into analog signal in case your TV only support analog signal.

But just in case, I recommend to double check to your cable TV company.

Something that not many Japanese people know

I happened to have a chance to walk by in front of the Tokyo Denryoku HQ Building today.
And I found out that there are still many policemen patrolling around the building to protect the HQ from unexpected incident.

I did not know that the security guard of the building is still so tight. I though they had gone back to the nomarl security guards by private security guardmen some time ago, but has not. You know, sending policemen, waring a gun in his waist belt, with public expense is not normal at all.

I hope things get back to normal very soon.



TEPCO HQ in Tokyo
   

You should double check by July 24, aboout if you don't need to buy a new TV

This is not a sales promotion of TV.

In Japan, analog broadcasting will end by the July 24, and only digital broadcasting will be the one that is available all over Japan. (Small exceptions, such Iwate Pref, Miyagi Pref. Fukushima Pref. In those area, analog broadcasting will be available for a while, because of the aftermath of 3.11 earthquake.)

After July 24, analog TV device can not recieve TV programs, that means TV device is going to become just a big box if you don''t do anything necessary to recieve digital broadcasting

The most simple way to change your analog support TV to digital support TV is to put a digital Tuner, which will cost about 10,000 Yen.

In addition to this, you need to make sure your antena, which is usually on top of the roof, also supports digital broadcasting.

Anyway, you should double check your TV before July 24th