What causes Japanese people to live so
long? Japan is one of the most rapidly aging societies in the world and a quarter
of the population is 65 years or older. However, the Japanese average life
expectancy was around 30 years old in 1800s. Japan has become an aged society with developed medical system. Japan
has companies that encourages Japanese healthy living. They have dining halls
using special ideas for our health, especially employees. Moreover, there are
some tips that Japanese people use to be healthy. They have deep community and
help each other even if people are elder people. This presentation will show why
Japan is one of a long-lived country and how Japanese society support their
health.
I had a good time visiting the Southwest USA with Extension students from 15 to 21, October. It was an education trip and I experienced new things and there was a lot of nature which is comfortable for me. I was looking forward to going on the Southwest trip for a long time. I have image that the Southwest is very hot but this place was cold than Spokane. It was interesting that the temperature was totally different in the same place. There were three emotions that I experienced on this trip. First, I was moved by the beautiful landscape of the Grand Canyon. It is absolutely enormous. When I look down the cliff, I remembered the teacher's caution for us that there are lots of people who die and I scared. I and my roommate wanted to see the sunrise so we tried to got up at 4:00 a.m. and then we could see the sunrise which was really fabulous. After that, we decided to rent a bicycle but we changed our mind and because we had lots of time. Surprisingly, we walked 10 miles aro...