Kanji of the year and whaling
Dec. 19th, 2007 03:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liresiusEvery year the Japanese choose a kanji to represent the spirit of the year. It's fairly democratic apparently, but ya never can tell! *g*. Thousands send in their selection and the final one is selected by the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation parent organisation in Tokyo, in conjunction with Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto.
This year it's "gi". In hiragana - ぎ and Kanji - 偽
- imitation; lie; falsehood; (logical) false; deception; sham; bogus
Due to all the political scandals (what's new?) but also especially for the food scandals - pork mascarading as beef (minced) and very obviously out of date food gifts at popular tourist places. Remind me not to buy any cakes at Hakone next year *snerk*
Let's hope the International Court of Justice in The Hague for breaching the Whaling Convention, which allows genuine scientific research but prohibits plainly commercial whaling, sees the same kind of sham at work in Japan's "scientific purposes" whale cull of 935 minke, 50 fin, and 50 humpback whales planned for this winter/summer in the Antarctic. Australia is thinking about using naval or perhaps customs vessels to observe and record their activities and crikey.com reports Rudd and Garrett have dusted off their copy of the report of the Sydney Panel of Independent International Legal Experts.
This year it's "gi". In hiragana - ぎ and Kanji - 偽
- imitation; lie; falsehood; (logical) false; deception; sham; bogus
Due to all the political scandals (what's new?) but also especially for the food scandals - pork mascarading as beef (minced) and very obviously out of date food gifts at popular tourist places. Remind me not to buy any cakes at Hakone next year *snerk*
Let's hope the International Court of Justice in The Hague for breaching the Whaling Convention, which allows genuine scientific research but prohibits plainly commercial whaling, sees the same kind of sham at work in Japan's "scientific purposes" whale cull of 935 minke, 50 fin, and 50 humpback whales planned for this winter/summer in the Antarctic. Australia is thinking about using naval or perhaps customs vessels to observe and record their activities and crikey.com reports Rudd and Garrett have dusted off their copy of the report of the Sydney Panel of Independent International Legal Experts.