2007/8/16 19：44
KY: feel and recognize atmosphere 分類なし
There are some communication and decision making system peculiar to Japan based on its mono-cultural and mono-ethnic society.
When all members of a community share some cultural background, communication via "telepathy" and decision making based on "tacit consent" is possible.
For example, "KY" is a current vogue word that means "recognize the current atmosphere in the field" or "a person who can't recognize the current atmosphere in the field". KY is the abbreviation in Japanese "空気を読め" or "空気の読めない奴."
The word "KY" is, for example, used in the manner of whispering at the ear in the meeting to advise "recognize the atmosphere in here" to someone.
Or to make someone ridicule by naming him(her) as "a person who can't recognize the atmosphere in the field".
Here, it should be noted that in such culture, "recognize the atmosphere in the field and adapt oneself to that" is made much of rather than the right or wrong of the opinion itself.
It is a convenient word but has some kind of slyness. Anyway, both in the past and nowadays, Japanese are affected by a social atmosphere.
Even though it is not clearly expressed by words or sentences, there is the common atmosphere that Japanese can understand or recognize.
And Japanese are required to recognize that atmosphere, in addition, it is duty to set themselves to that as adults with common sense.
In other words, KY means "protect harmony" in the field. Indeed, almost all Japanese can pretend well to understand and agree with majority even if they oppose that or have another opinion.
This national trait has both merits and demerits.
As one of the serious demerits of this traditional sysytem is that even if all members of a community oppose willing or decision of the whole community, they can't revise that because all of them pretend to support that.
Once the national opinion is unified with "atmosphere (or harmony)," then it starts stampede, nobody can revise or stop that even if each and every national oppose that in his or her true opinion.
And indeed, this is that happened in Japan in the early 20th century. If only analysis calmly and logically, everyone could judge that "Japan can't beat the U.S."
But Japan failed to give in to the U.S. because the national opinion had already been unified in "go go, let's go!"
Left wingers always argue that "the military authority stampeded, suppressed nationals and ruined Japan." It is true that the military authority stampeded and ruined Japan.
But nationals at that time were not causalities because they supported such stampede at least until halfway.
What ruined Japan was not the military authority but the general national opinion unified with atmosphere or harmony.
Every and each nationals at that time was not a complete victim but assailant of "a lemmings suicide" at least partly.
In this context, war criminals including 14 class-A ones are scapegoats.
So every and each nationals should make appreciation and apology for souls enshrined together at Yasukuni shrine. At least, every Japanese should support cabinet members visit there.
We should recognize well that the WW2 was not a war between justice and evil, but between one imperialism camp and another imperialism one.
Japan was surely an aggressive country, but victor countries were equally punishable in such meaning.
Yesterday, all 16 cabinet members including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, only except Sanae Takaichi, minister in charge of gender equality and Okinawa-related issues, refrained to visit the Yasukuni.
It was regrettable. Excessive whitewash and justification of the past should be avoided. But masochism historical view should also be abandoned.
It is not necessary, or impossible, to explain Japan's point and persuade the international community. But Japan should review historical interpretation unilaterally.
For your ref.>"The 62nd anniversary of the defeat in the WW2"
>"One minister breaks ranks, visits shrine" & "Abe expresses regret for war" & "Kin of war dead protest Yasukuni visits" & "Rightwingers lash out at absent ministers' 'lack of respect'"
When all members of a community share some cultural background, communication via "telepathy" and decision making based on "tacit consent" is possible.
For example, "KY" is a current vogue word that means "recognize the current atmosphere in the field" or "a person who can't recognize the current atmosphere in the field". KY is the abbreviation in Japanese "空気を読め" or "空気の読めない奴."
The word "KY" is, for example, used in the manner of whispering at the ear in the meeting to advise "recognize the atmosphere in here" to someone.
Or to make someone ridicule by naming him(her) as "a person who can't recognize the atmosphere in the field".
Here, it should be noted that in such culture, "recognize the atmosphere in the field and adapt oneself to that" is made much of rather than the right or wrong of the opinion itself.
It is a convenient word but has some kind of slyness. Anyway, both in the past and nowadays, Japanese are affected by a social atmosphere.
Even though it is not clearly expressed by words or sentences, there is the common atmosphere that Japanese can understand or recognize.
And Japanese are required to recognize that atmosphere, in addition, it is duty to set themselves to that as adults with common sense.
In other words, KY means "protect harmony" in the field. Indeed, almost all Japanese can pretend well to understand and agree with majority even if they oppose that or have another opinion.
This national trait has both merits and demerits.
As one of the serious demerits of this traditional sysytem is that even if all members of a community oppose willing or decision of the whole community, they can't revise that because all of them pretend to support that.
Once the national opinion is unified with "atmosphere (or harmony)," then it starts stampede, nobody can revise or stop that even if each and every national oppose that in his or her true opinion.
And indeed, this is that happened in Japan in the early 20th century. If only analysis calmly and logically, everyone could judge that "Japan can't beat the U.S."
But Japan failed to give in to the U.S. because the national opinion had already been unified in "go go, let's go!"
Left wingers always argue that "the military authority stampeded, suppressed nationals and ruined Japan." It is true that the military authority stampeded and ruined Japan.
But nationals at that time were not causalities because they supported such stampede at least until halfway.
What ruined Japan was not the military authority but the general national opinion unified with atmosphere or harmony.
Every and each nationals at that time was not a complete victim but assailant of "a lemmings suicide" at least partly.
In this context, war criminals including 14 class-A ones are scapegoats.
So every and each nationals should make appreciation and apology for souls enshrined together at Yasukuni shrine. At least, every Japanese should support cabinet members visit there.
We should recognize well that the WW2 was not a war between justice and evil, but between one imperialism camp and another imperialism one.
Japan was surely an aggressive country, but victor countries were equally punishable in such meaning.
Yesterday, all 16 cabinet members including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, only except Sanae Takaichi, minister in charge of gender equality and Okinawa-related issues, refrained to visit the Yasukuni.
It was regrettable. Excessive whitewash and justification of the past should be avoided. But masochism historical view should also be abandoned.
It is not necessary, or impossible, to explain Japan's point and persuade the international community. But Japan should review historical interpretation unilaterally.
For your ref.>"The 62nd anniversary of the defeat in the WW2"
>"One minister breaks ranks, visits shrine" & "Abe expresses regret for war" & "Kin of war dead protest Yasukuni visits" & "Rightwingers lash out at absent ministers' 'lack of respect'"
