Two notable pieces of news today... both concerning foreigners...
今日の注目すべきニュース2つ…両方とも外国人に関係すること…。
The top news...
was undoubtedly the arresting of a Peruvian suspected of murdering an innocent girl in Hiroshima. (photo from Jiji)
Japanese-Peruvian man arrested in murder of Hiroshima girl
HIROSHIMA, Nov. 30 KYODO
A Japanese-Peruvian man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of murdering a 7-year-old girl and abandoning her body in Hiroshima earlier this month, police said.
The suspect, Juan Carlos Pizarro Yagi, a 30-year-old third-generation Japanese-Peruvian, has denied killing Airi Kinoshita, a first-grade student at a municipal elementary school, following his arrest in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, according to the police. He was put on the wanted list on Tuesday.
トップニュースは…
写真:間違いなく広島で罪のない女の子を殺害した疑いが持たれているペルー人の逮捕だ。(写真は時事より)
(共同の配信記事の訳は略)
On the other hand...
another foreigner dashing vigorously but also comically to the road of success. (photo from Jiji)
Bulgarian wrestler Kotooshu promoted to ozeki
FUKUOKA Nov. 30 KYODO
Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu (C) bows at his stable's lodging place in the town of Hisayama, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 30 as he listens to a message from emissaries of the Japan Sumo Association. The association approved Kotooshu's promotion to ozeki, making him the first European to reach the sport's second-highest rank. At his left is his stable master Sadogatake.
一方で…
写真:もう一人の外国人は力強くも、愛嬌たっぷりで成功への道を走っている。(写真は時事より)
(共同の配信記事の訳は略)
We're living in a country strickly limiting the number of aliens entering. And everytime a foreigner is accused of a crime, many tend to think they are all evil... it's not plainly because of xenophobia... it's rather fear... fear coming from inexperience...
I sometimes fear myself that with this inexperience, we will eternally be left behind from the world community...
I just hope the Peruvians and other foreigners, especially the Latin Americans living in our country would not get caught in an evil exclusion movement, not just physically but mentally...
C'mon! Aren't we hoping too see the Bulgarian Kotooshu fight off another foriegner, the super grand champion Mongolian Asashoryu, which probably would be an attraction for the next several years in the Japanese traditional sumo world!
俺たちの国は入国できる外国人の数を厳しく制限している。毎回、外国人が犯罪に問われるとき、みんな彼らが悪の権化だと思いがちになる…。これは単に外国人嫌いから来ている訳じゃない…。どっちかと言えば恐怖なのかも…経験不足から来る恐怖から…。
俺自身もこの経験不足が時々怖くなる。国際社会からいつか永遠に取り残されちゃうって…。
とにかくペルー人や他の外国人たち、特に我が国に住む南米系の人たちが不善な排斥運動に巻き込まれないことを祈るだけだ。表向きにも内面的にも…。
ほら!ブルガリア人の琴欧州がもう一人の超横綱のモンゴル人朝青龍をやっつけるところを見てみたいと思うでしょう。これから数年は日本の伝統的な相撲の世界で注目の的になるだろうよ!
It's not about the color of our skin, nor the language we speak!
...it's just about who we really care about!!
If we all care about each other...
who would commit such an evil crime!?
肌の色のことじゃないし、話す言葉のことでもないよ!
…ただ、誰のことを本当に大切だと思うかだ!!
もしみんながお互いのことを大切だと思えたら…
そんな恐ろしい犯罪を誰が犯すだろうか!?
(today's word)
xenophobia 外国(人)嫌い(恐怖症)
周りに当たり前に外国人がいれば
嫌いになるとか、怖いとか
あんまり考えることはないだろう。
しかし、日本は外国人をシャットアウトする
国策を選んでいる訳だから、そういう人が
多くても仕方がない。
誤解だけして欲しくない。
ベッカムはいいけど、そこらへんの
外国人はダメっていうのがおかしいのは
誰でも分かることだろう。
考えすぎじゃないことを祈ります!