Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Chinese People

　　We had to buy the tickets to enter the geological park. I was going to get them by myself because I wanted to talk in Chinese which I had been learning since last year, but the guide stopped me, pointing to the ticket office. Around the office was crowded with Chinese people and completely in chaos. They seemed to hate to line up and squeezed in the crowd in front of the office with screaming. The guide told me that it's tough work to buy the tickets. He showed his ID or something to the clerks and got the tickets at a different wicket. It might be a privilege as the professional guide.
　　Additionally, when we went out of the park, the guide took us to an unnoticeable exit other than the main exit. As far as I saw, people who passed this gate were non-Chinese. Why? I understood the reason in no time, viewing a shopping arcade for local people just outside of the exit, where lots of marine products were displayed and all of them were available for just tasting. If Chinese tourists walked along the market, they would eat up the sample foods. At the end point of the market, a political group was campaigning against the People's Republic of China, raising various picket signs. I took pictures of their signs, some of which had terrible photos of victims of the Chinese Communist Party, and show you one of them below.

(Vocabulary)
wicket (米) (切符売り場などの) 窓口
picket  　when a group of people stand or march in front of a shop, factory, government building etc to protest about something or to stop people from going in during a STRIKE:

Yeliufengjingqu（野柳風景区）

　　Do you know the Rock Sites of Cappadocia in Turkey on the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites? I've never been there, but I've seen the scenery on TV or something. Where we were brought to next was such a place, though its scale was far smaller. The area was called Yeliu Geopark. There is also a similar place in Japan, and I'll show you it(link). Anyway, the park is located at the nearest part to Japan in Taiwan, so you can find where it is on the map. We walked around and enjoyed the interesting appearances of various rocks.
　　Our guide gave us some information and advice on the way; More than 90% of the tourists of the park are Chinese who came from Fujian, China and stay in Taiwan for a day or two and will move to Okinawa, Japan by ferry. It's the regular route of the package tours for Chinese people. They are so rude and noisy, and sometimes spew sputa out. You'd better keep away from them.
　　We followed him in the park all the way, because he knew every curious rock and funny stories about the area. No policeman and no guard was seen only a decade ago, but now they were positioned from place to place. It seemed that a few Chinese had died here, ignoring the regulation lines a few years ago. The Chinese groups are sure to spend money in Taiwan, but they are probably uninvited guests.

Cappadocia in Japan
http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2006/08/hotokegaura-jap.html

Umimori, Guard Of Coast 海守

　　Arrogant China is desirous of taking control of the Japanese territory of Senkaku Islands, which are located in the southwest of Japan. On the islands, before the last war, more than hundreds of Japanese people used to live for processing marine products like dried bonitos and feather from albatross. Due to the outbreak of the Greater East Asian War, the residents had to give up their work. No Chinese had ever lived on the islands. Additionally there is lots of evidence to prove the validity of Japan's ownership.
　　On the other hand, China has made lots of effort to eliminate old maps of their own from Japan since the seventies, because those maps, although they were printed in China, clearly indicate Japanese sovereignty over the islands. Every one of the old maps printed in China, imported into Japan and stored in used bookstores in Japan, have been bought up by Chinese agents. Even maps stored in the National Diet Library were stolen or damaged.
　　The arrogance of China woke up lots of Japanese people, who had been sleeping under the long-lasting peace. Then, they came to know the importance of the defense of the coast. That's why a number of people, including me, joined a voluntary body, "Umimori", literally the guard of the coast. The members sometimes get together to clean up the beach, or constantly pay attention to the changes of the sea. The picture shows my membership card.

(Vocabulary)
desirous of sth (フォーマル) ＜…＞を望んで
National Diet Library〔【略】NDL〕 国立国会図書館
validity  正当性, 妥当性; (切符・文書などの) 有効性; 法的な有効性, 合法性
body [C] 団体, 組織
The American Medical Association is the doctors' main professional body. 米国医師会は医師の主要な職業団体である．

Kamikaze, Special Attack Force

　　More than 2600 years have passed since the foundation of Japan. However, Japan hasn't always stayed independent during this span of existence. Japan was governed by the U.S. for 6 years and 8 months about 60 years ago. The products manufactured in Japan during the governed period were stamped as "Made in Occupied Japan". That is to say, Japan wasn't independent for nearly seven years. Japan was forced to take a major role of minesweeping around the Korean Peninsula during the Korean War. It led to the successful invasion of U.N. troops onto the coast of Incheon and consequently the restoration of South Korea, but there are no appreciative words for Japan on the monument standing at Panmunjom, but it's natural because the independent nation of Japan didn't exist at that time.
　　In 1952, Japan finally attained its independence after all sorts of troubles and difficulties. However, Japan has completely changed. We were brainwashed and our Constitution, which was drawn up and forced on us by the U.S. 60 years ago, is still highly prized, while Germany, which had likewise lost the war, has modified their Constitution more than 50 times.
　　Oct. 25th is the day when the suicide attacks by fighters started. The leader of the first attack team was from Saijo City near my hometown. He left his newly-wed wife, charged toward an aircraft carrier and sank it.
　　What impressions will people have about the Greater East Asian War several hundreds years from now?

(Vocabulary)
after all sorts of troubles and difficulties  幾多の紆余曲折を乗り越えて

Japanese Cuisine ?

　　We were going to watch a musical, Anne of Green Gables, in the evening and had dinner a little earlier at a Japanese restaurant. We wanted to eat rice though it was only 2 days after leaving Japan! The name of the restaurant was "TA-KE SUSHI", the window of which I'll show you later. "TA-KE" means bamboo in English. Sitting at a table, disposable chopsticks were set on it in advance. See the second picture showing them. A Japanese phrase meaning "welcome" was written on the paper bag of the chopsticks. If you were Japanese, you would feel something was strange. We felt the same way.
　　The next picture is the menu. I ordered a "French Kiss Roll" out of mere curiosity, though I couldn't imagine what it was like. A few minutes later, the dishes in the next picture were served, though we didn't order them and I knew that the restaurant was run by Korean people. It was the Korean way. The last picture was the dishes we ordered. Something on the near side was the "French Kiss Roll", which I had ordered. The far side one was my daughter's order. I don't remember its name. Their taste was terrible. Was that Japanese cuisine? Far from it! I feel so sorry for those who eat something here, believing that they are eating Japanese cuisine. We left most of them.
　　For some Canadian Sushi Bar's honor's sake, I will add some comments. I have three recommended sushi restaurants in and around Vancouver; Sachi Sushi in Whistler, Sushi Bar Musashi at the end of downtown Vancouver, near Stanley Park and Kamei royale near Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (http://www.kameiroyale.com/contact-kamei-royale.html). These restaurants serve genuine Japanese cuisine. Some kinds of dishes are better than the original Japanese ones. I think that Vancouver is rich in fresh seafood. So, I expected Canadian domestic sushi imbued with a Canadian chefs' innovation here, but I felt let down by the above dishes. Finally we ended up grabbing a light meal at a supermarket.

(Vocabulary)
let sb ↔ down 《通例受け身形で》＜人＞を失望させる, がっかりさせる, の期待を裏切る
feel let down (by sb/sth) （＜…＞に）失望する, がっかりさせられる

(Vocabulary from comments)
quite a few かなり多くの

Yellow Sand

　　In this season of the year, yellow sand is carried to Japan by the wind from deserts on the Chinese continent. It's really a nuisance. Lots of people suffer from bronchitis and allergic reactions of the respiratory organs. Laundry that has hung outside gets damaged. Everything outside gets dirty. Doors and windows must be tightly closed. It's really a nuisance.

　　By the way, my scooter, which had been left in the garage during winter, was also vulnerable to the yellow sand. It easily invades into the scooter, so I cleaned my scooter up thoroughly and wrapped it as you see in the picture below. It's getting warm and the season of motorcycles and bicycles has just started. I'll visit various places and show you the pictures of them.

(Vocabulary)
yellow sand ［dust］ 黄砂

Lions Club District Convention

　　I've belonged to the Matsuyama Chuo Lions Club for two years now and in that time I have become accustomed bit by bit to various activities of the club. Today the District Convention was celebrated, inviting Korean guests in my hometown, Matsuyama City.

　　Every club is controlled systematically by the International Organization and with more than 100 clubs in a certain area, called a District, it shapes into a big group. My club is registered to District 336-A. All of the members of the District 336-A, about 2000 people, were supposed to get together in Matsuyama City on Apr. 15th. Additionally, the representatives of the District 354-D, which consists of the clubs in Seoul City, attended the convention, because District 336-A has a friendship treaty with District 354-D. Anyway, I joined the convention for the first time. The first picture was shot at the rehearsal and the second shows the Korean guests.

Back Home and Last Entry about Ski Trip

　　We arrived in Japan at last. Our leader, Ms. O., is smiling in the picture. She got injured in the snowy mountains and had to walk with her crutches after that. Her crutches were made in China, carried across the Pacific Ocean twice, by extension via Korea and had reached Japan. They would bring back good memories of the funny trip. The personnel of Narita International Airport, who took care of Ms. O., told us that the airport was alarmed that night when our plane gave up landing at Narita Airport. Though he was a 20 year-plus veteran, it was apparently his first experience. It might mean that we also had a very rare experience. Anyway, we enjoyed everything that had happened around us.

　　By the way, we had to stay one more night near Narita International Airport, because we arrived late and missed the connective domestic flight. Our baggage was supposed to be sent by a door-to-door delivery service, so I took my extra clothes, the electric shaver, battery chargers of my PC and cell phone out of it. We were in cold-weather clothing even in Korea, and wanted to take a shower as soon as possible.

　　I have to write one more thing. The hotel fee was offered from Air Canada in Narita too. Finally, Air Canada set up two days of hotel fees and four meals for us.

　　To Air Canada: Thanks! We'll make friendly use of your service next time!

(Vocabulary)
bring back memories  思い出［記憶］をよみがえらす
Being here brings back bad memories.  ここにいるといやな事を思い出す．
alarm〈人〉を不安にさせる, に警鐘を鳴らす
alarmed  恐れて, 不安を感じて
alarmed by/at/over
Researchers are alarmed by an increase in AIDS infections among teenagers. 研究者たちはティーンエイジャーの間でエイズ感染が増えていることに不安を抱いている．
door-to-door delivery service  宅配便
cold-weather clothing  寒冷地用の衣服

Leave Korea

　　I asked a person at the tourist information in Insadong to call for taxis. The driving was considerably rough, but the driver took us straight to our hotel early enough, at 14:30 hours. We were supposed to be picked up at 15:00 hours. The following two pictures are the taxi which transported us and Incheon Airtel Hotel. You can see the route of the taxi in the map of our trace (link). The third picture was shot just before the check-in at the airport. We were really relieved to be able to come back home. Naturally, Ms. Kaneko successfully got together with her husband here.

　　This stay in Korea stemmed from the unpredictable weather and was totally fun. I experienced lots of new things. I remember a volcanic eruption that had occurred two years ago in Iceland. Almost all European airports were reportedly closed for several days and many people were stranded. Tourists were sleeping on the floor or benches. We might have been lucky for even getting the hotel room for rest, and moreover just one day. The meal in the last picture was offered from Air Canada on the flight to Japan, even though the flight time was only two hours. I thought it was due to the departure time of 17:30 hours. I was thankful for a nice holiday in Seoul from Air Canada.

(Vocabulary)
stem from something  [句動詞] (事態・問題などが) ＜…＞から生じる, に由来する
unpredictable  予測できない, 先行き不安定な, 〈天気が〉 気まぐれな

Insadong 인사동

　　We went to Insadong district by two taxis. I made my GPS receiver (link) start working to record our trace for my friends, because they were new to Insadong and I thought they wouldn't remember where they were, but I made a mistake. I didn't turn the receiver off when we were indoors, and there's wrong data on the map, but you'll catch a rough image of our route. As I made up this map, I found that Odusan Unification Observatory was within our reach. Sightseeing in Insadong was really wonderful, but it's regrettable that we couldn't view the land of North Korea.

　　By the way, the lady who joined at the hotel was Ms. Kaneko, who is a professional pianist. She allowed me to show you her pictures and the url of her blog (link1, link2).

　　Nowadays, a flat tire has become rare, but we had it on the way to the city center. How many adventures would occur on this trip? The driver called a replacement and we had to wait for some time to change cars. However, this trip to Korea was fun and we thought of it as a present from Air Canada.

　　We had a tea break at a Korean rice cake shop and dropped in at a classical Korean restaurant. In the first picture, Ms. Kaneko was chatting with a man who was really good at Japanese. He had apparently been brought up among Japanese people.

(Vocabulary)
adventure   わくわくする体験

Wandering in Seoul

　　When I devoted myself to the pamphlet offered from the front desk as a map, which was extremely simplified and was not useful as a map, a young woman addressed me. She was also a passenger on the same plane as us. She was alone and felt lonely, and came to join us for a day. Her story surprised us. I got her permission and I'll write about her. She travelled to Yellowknife to watch the Aurora Borealis with her husband. When they arrived in Vancouver as a stopover on the way back to Japan, they had to stay one more day due to overbooking. As a result, they came to get on board the same plane with us. At Incheon Airport, in the midst of the chaos as I wrote before, they ended being separated, transported to individual hotels, and by extension they couldn't communicate with each other. Their cell phone didn't work in Korea. It's natural for her to feel lonely in an unknown nation. Finally, we, seven Japanese people, got to spend six hours in the country which we didn't want to visit.

　　Mr. W., who was our chef, had been to Seoul as an attendant doctor on a Korean patient, but he only stayed for a few hours and went back to Japan after turning the patient over to Korean medical personnel. For that reason, I decided on the place we visited in Seoul City.

(Vocabulary)
Aurora Borealis  /ərrə bɔriǽlɪs 《常に単数形で》オーロラ　北極光　[同意] the Northern Lights
decide on/upon sth [句動詞] (多くの選択肢の中から) ＜…＞を選ぶ, 決める
Have you decided on a career (×decided a career) yet? もう仕事を決めましたか．

Breakfast

　　The restaurant designated for breakfast was a cafeteria style and I chose mainly Korean items. The dishes looked plain and uninviting, but the taste was not bad. After breakfast, I contemplated the day's plan over a cup of coffee as I had six to seven hours before departure in South Korea. It's really nonsense just to kill time in the hotel. However, I had no preparations for visiting and sightseeing in Korea. I didn't even have any Korean map and cash! Additionally the battery of my PC was dead. I couldn't even access the internet.

　　The tourist attraction that I most wanted to visit was Odusan Unification Observatory (link) which is located on the lip of Imjin River, which is the border between South and North Korea. I had seen the observatory itself from the highway to the border when I visited Panmunjeom a few years ago. Every time I watch on the TV that varied VIP, like the U.S. President and the Secretary of State, visit there and have a poor view of North Korea, I'd like to visit the same place. I asked a hotel clerk how long it would take to visit it and come back to the hotel, but he couldn't figure it out. I also wanted to see a junior high school (link) in Incheon City, which must have been ten or twenty minutes from my hotel, but I thought my friends wouldn't want that. Finally I decided to enjoy sightseeing in the heart of Seoul.

(Vocabulary)
plain  (デザイン的に) 飾りけのない, 〈衣服などが〉無地の,〈紙が〉罫(けい)のない; 〈食べ物が〉あっさりした味の, 淡白な
a plain wooden table  シンプルな木のテーブル
The food was plain but delicious. 食べ物はあっさりしていたがおいしかった．
uninviting  〈場所などが〉 魅力のない, 行く気のしない
Imjin River/Rimjin River  臨津江／イムジン川 （ハングル表記：임진강 〔イムジンガン〕、朝鮮半島中部に源を発して黄海に注ぐ川。下流では漢江と合流し、川幅が広がる。
Panmunjeom  板門店

Nice Restaurant

　　One of the front clerks could speak Japanese and it was really handy. It was about 3:00 hours and he looked really sleepy, but we were not, thanks to jet lag. We went out for dinner despite the time of 3:00 hours. The restaurant was near the hotel. We started dinner with Korean beer. We were hungry and ate so much, but the price was about 25 U.S.D. per person including alcohol. We were surprised at the delicious dishes and their low prices. We enjoyed Korean cuisine and alcohol to our heart's content. It was about 4:00 hours when we got back the hotel. I went straight to bed, but woke before 7:00 hours. I suffered from serious jet lag.

　　The battery of my mobile PC was almost dead and I had no charger. I went to the hotel lobby to kill time and get some information about the flight schedule and the weather in Japan. I received a sheet faxed from Air Canada, and I'll show you it below. I assumed that our next flight would be before noon, but it was scheduled for 17:50 hours. We would be picked-up at 15:00 hours at the hotel. What should I do? I thought.

　　Anyway, I decided to have breakfast and plan today's actions.

Hotel and Airport Personnel

　　I looked at things from the hotel and airport personnel's point of view. Our plane arrived at Incheon Airport only two hours after the change in destination. The staff members of Air Canada in Seoul would arrange hotels for more than 300 unexpected visitors in a hurry. The situation would be the same in the airport. Personnel on midnight duty would call for assistance to staff members of security, immigration, or other ground staff. People whom we had met at midnight must have been called when in their bed. Such an idea made me thankful for accepting the landing of the plane. According to our hotel's front staff, the direct flight from Toronto seemed to have arrived at Incheon Airport before our arrival, avoiding the furious weather at Narita International Airport. I understood the chaos in the airport.

　　There was something that I suspected at the front desk of the hotel. The clerk insisted that he would keep our passports. I didn't know why, but I had no choice at that time. I deposited my passport at the front desk. I'd not been challenged to do so in other hotels. When I visited Seoul last time, I kept my passport all the time. Naturally, it was not his own idea, but the general rule of the hotel. Did they worry that we would escape or go missing? However we didn't visit there by our own desire. We were afraid that they might be used illegally.

Incheon Airtel

　　I found several buses waiting for us in front of the gate. I didn't know which bus we should take and we just stood still around the gate. At that time, someone came over and asked me, just "Air Canada?" and I replied "Yes". Then, he urged us to get in his minivan and we got in it, without being provided with any guidance from Air Canada. Thinking later, it might be dangerous to get in a car, without even knowing its destination in an unfamiliar country. Anyway, we were taken to Incheon Airtel, a hotel in Incheon City. The pictures show the name and location of the hotel. The hotel side was also a little confused. They didn't even know how many passengers were to stay at the hotel when we checked in.

　　About my room, there were several unfavorable and unbelievable things, but the network circumstances were perfect. I could freely connect my PDA to the internet. In the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, the internet connection was charged. Recalling the Hyatt Regency, only at this point, this hotel was better than the Hyatt Regency.

　　However, the chargers of my PC and PDA were in my luggage which was locked
in the cargo space of the plane. Not only the chargers, but extra clothes, underwear, my electric shaver and a bottle of Canadian whiskey were also in my luggage. What should I do? I didn't feel sleepy at all due to jet lag.

Chaos

　　I heard an airport worker saying aloud "Come here". I obeyed her. She was maybe a Korean, who was not good at speaking English. She would be able to talk only particular usual formulas in English. Our situation was above her English skills. The line of passengers who were walking toward the exit was gradually getting longer and longer. Our group leader, who had suffered from a knee problem, couldn't walk at a normal pace without any wheelchair. We almost lost our way.

　　On the way to the exit, I saw several dozen people gathering at the corner of the corridor. They were depositing their liquid possessions which they had bought after departure procedure in Vancouver, but why? They would apparently be confiscated at the re-embarkation from Korea. Why? They can put them in their luggage.

　　We got to the luggage claim. The conveyer was at a standstill. The luggage didn't come out. I knew that the luggage was locked in the cargo space of the plane. I understood the pilot's words now. I was supposed to get on board the same plane. The maintenance of the plane would start at daybreak, and the crew should take enough rest and sleep. I thought our next flight would be in the afternoon. When I began thinking where I could have a rest, I saw several buses come in, and airport personnel told us to get on the bus without any instructions. It was complete chaos.

(Vocabulary)
formula [C] (ほとんど意味のない) 決まり文句
His speech was full of the usual formulas and clichés. 彼のスピーチはありきたりな言葉と陳腐な表現に満ちていた．
deposit  (安全な場所に) 〈貴重品など〉を預ける
confiscate  (罰として) …を押収する, 没収する
daybreak  夜明け, 日の出

Incheon Airport

　　Our plane smoothly and successfully landed at Incheon Airport, and some passengers burst into applause at the skillful pilots. I thought I would immediately have some guidance on the next flight to Japan, but there was no instructions about what to do at the airport. Anyway, we got out of the plane. So tired! Stretching myself was really comfortable. To record the rough time of our arrival, I took the picture below. The accurate time was probably 1:00 hours local time.

　　When I got out of the plane, I came across a pilot who was just coming out of the cockpit, and he said to me, "See you tomorrow." I couldn't understand this phrase. At that time, I supposed that we would take a rest for several hours at the airport, change planes and go back to Japan by another plane. That means, I thought that I would never see the same pilot on the next day. While thinking like that, I missed having time to reply to him. I was really sorry that I didn't say anything to express my gratitude for their tough work.

　　I wondered how hard the operation of passenger planes was, and while I was looking for the labor regulations of Air Canada, I found a news item on sleep inertia in Yahoo News (link). According to the rules, a pilot seems to work as long as 17 hours. It must be tough, I thought.

(Vocabulary)
inertia  惰性, 停滞; 無気力

http://news.yahoo.com/sleepy-air-canada-pilot-thought-collision-coming-dives-135232948.html

Unwanted Seoul, but...

　　Look at the picture below firstly. We had to continue flying two more hours and got to Incheon International Airport at midnight. I'm writing about this unexpected visit to South Korea. It's the beginning of Chapter Two of the trip.

　　Listening to the announcement from the cockpit, we were surprised. The storm usually passes from the west to the east and both Chubu International Airport (Nagoya) and Kansai International Airport (Osaka) are located to the west and must have been in operation for 24 hours. Chubu was very windy and the fuel left in our plane wasn't enough for multiple attempts at landing. Kansai International Airport was already overflowing with evacuated planes. These are the reasons why we had to move to Incheon.

　　Such an event was new to me and I didn't know what to do and what would become of us. To my surprise, there were no instructions from Air Canada after the announcement of the modification of the destination. The crew must have been in panic.

　　However, just after the announcement, I began planning to enjoy Seoul or Incheon. There were several places that I had wanted to visit, but I didn't have any maps, guidebooks or cash. Moreover, I didn't know how long we had to stay in Incheon.

(Vocabulary)
instruction 《[C]通例複数形で》 指示, 指令
an attempt to do sth ＜…＞しようとする試み
an attempt to climb Mount Everest  エベレスト登頂への挑戦
an attempt at (doing) sth ＜…＞（すること）への試み
My first attempts at speaking Spanish were embarrassing. 初めてスペイン語を話そうとしたときは恥ずかしい思いをした．

E-mail from a Senator

　　I got a kind e-mail from a Senator of Virginia in the U.S. the other day. The story goes like this:

　　Some news of the repetitive questionable lobbying by Koreans who live in Virginia came to me. The Koreans' aim is to revise the maps in the textbooks, changing the Sea of Japan to the East Sea without substantial reasons. I thought that those Koreans were hopeless, while I didn't have any answers against their appeal. I could only watch how it might come out. I couldn't help letting matters take their course.

　　A couple of weeks later, some favorable news arrived. Their bill was killed by a narrow margin, 8 to 7. I was relieved to know the result.

　　Korean people, along with Chinese people, seem to believe that they can get anything by loudly insisting on it, no matter whether their point is right or not. There's another context in Japan just now. The Mayor of Nagoya City, Mr. Kawamura, officially announced that the Massacre of Nanking was fiction fabricated by Chinese Communists. Consequently, the authorities of Nanking City stopped the friendship events between Nagoya City and Nanking City in a unilateral way. The relationship as sister cities is suspended now.

　　Back to Virginia, I sent e-mails to Senators who denied the Koreans' proposal, to express my gratitude and one of them replied to it. I was happy and understood that I have at least one means of voicing my opinion even overseas.

(Vocabulary)
questionable 〈行為・人格などが〉いかがわしい, 不審な;〈決定・結果などが〉疑わしい
the story goes like this: 話はこうだ
substantial  重要な, 価値のある
We need more substantial evidence than this.  これよりももっと確かな証拠が必要だ．
let matters take their course  ことの成り行きに任せる
point 論点
in a unilateral way  一方的に
voice (フォーマル)〈意見・懸念・異議など〉を声に出す
He refused to voice an opinion.  彼は意見を述べるのを拒否した．

(Feb. 5th)

Janitor Satellite

　　I found an interesting news item about an artificial satellite, called the Janitor Satellite, which is planned to be launched by Swiss scientists. The title of the news which caught my eye was very nice. I admire the sense of humor of the editors. It's "A Roomba for space!" The url of the news is as follows. Please check it.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-02-15/news/31064905_1_satellite-orbit-debris

　　Additionally, I investigated other medias to know the details of the project. According to the news, about 16000 items of space debris, such as the ruins of rockets and satellites, which are more than 10 cm in diameter, are floating and orbiting around the earth at the speed of 18000 km/h. This debris could destroy the satellites in orbit and kill the astronauts.

　　The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL) worries about the growing risk of space waste and developed the satellite, "Clean Space One". This satellite is supposed to catch space waste, re-enter the atmosphere with them and finally burn itself up. The price of this satellite is estimated to be 10,000,000 Swiss Franc (10 million in US dollars). Switzerland's commitment to nature is beyond question over the years. Knowing about this project, I deeply regarded Switzerland with admiration. Then a simple question came up; who would pay the cost of the project? I believe that China should be mainly responsible, because it intentionally destroyed some satellites in 2007 for military purposes, causing six astronomers' temporary evacuation from the international space station last year.

(Vocabulary)
janitor  (学校・病院などの) 管理人, 用務員