Lack of PR activity

     A frequent subscriber of my blog lives in Tel Aviv and sends me e-mails sometime. I only know his name and occupation. He is also a surgeon, but his specialty is the brain as opposed to my specialty, digestive organs. Anyway, he has a concern about how I catch the situation of the present conflict between Israel and Palestine in Gaza strip. I am only an innocent bystander about this issue, but this issue is so important for the peace in Mid-east area that it is well-known among people of integrity in the world.

     By the way, do you know the Kuril Islands dispute, the same issue in Japan? It is also a big problem, but isn't so known in the world due to the Japanese poor policy. The southern half of Sakhalin and these Kuril Islands are traditional Japanese territory, but are now illegally occupied by Russia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute

     I really wish that all the people in the world would know this issue. The same thing lies in the abduction issue of cruel and crazy North Korea. The PR activity by the government is absolutely lacking. The Japanese language is grammatically far from English, which is recognized as an international language. Many Japanese are not good at using English. This might be a cause of lacking PR activities.

（Vocabulary)
as opposed to  [成句] ＜…＞と対照的に, とは違って
innocent bystander  傍観者
PR activity  広報活動

　良くメールをくれる人の中にテルアビブに住んでいる外科医がいる。彼は最近のガザ地区での戦闘について日本ではどのように捉えられているのだろうかという心配をしているようだ。
　日本にも同じような問題があるのだが世界的に知られているだろうか。北方領土とサハリンは日本固有の領土なのだが政治力不足により世界的には知られていない。残念なことで、世界中の人に知ってもらいたいと思う。日本語は英語とはかけ離れた文法体系で、英語を使うことに不慣れな日本人が多い。こういったことも原因になっているのだろうか。

Comments

[KUMO]

Hi, Klaus!

Thanks for visiting my blog again.
I checked out your website yesterday. See you in the not too distant future.

[Klaus D. Orth]

Well, the "disputed islands" conflict - it has been dragging on for quite some time. Germany solved this problem a couple of years ago, united again. But due to this reunification more problems were created. I understand the Japanese want those islands back, however, whether it would be beneficial or not......???

As for the abduction issue .... those N.K.s are out of their mind, and not only concerning this topic. It must be the people of North Korea, however, who will go for the change. And I hope that this will happen very soon!

[Sarah]

I didn't know of either of the island problems until you shared them. So, as PR may be lacking in many places, I think it is very important that you share as much of this kind of information as you can with as many people as you can. Be an advocate for what you believe in! Spread the word in the means you have to do so. Good luck! (sarah)