著者

川野 徳幸

出版者

広島大学国際協力研究科

雑誌

国際協力研究誌 (ISSN:13410903)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.7, no.1, pp.19-35, 2001

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The aim of this paper is to explore major political factors constituting slips of the tongue of ministers in Japan.Namely, this paper clarifies the salient political situations which make the speeches of the ministers slips of thetongue. In doing so, the history of the slips of the tongue in the Post- war Japan can be written. This is also one ofthe aims of this paper.The major political factors of speeches of the ministers are: the content of the speech, conditions of the domesticpolitics and diplomatic relations, and reaction of mass media. If the speech is to justify Japan's military activities inthe China-Japanese War (1931–1945) and in the Pacific War (1941–1945), to cast doubt upon the necessity of theArticle 9, to comment on the nuclear armament of Japan, and to discriminate against Asian people and minoritypeople in the U.S. As a result, the speech becomes a domestic and a diplomatic issue and is picked up by the press.In these cases, the speeches of the minister become slips of the tongue.

著者

上野 美香

出版者

広島大学大学院国際協力研究科

雑誌

国際協力研究誌 (ISSN:13410903)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.18, no.3, pp.123-136, 2012-03

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This study is a part of the knowledge acquired through research fieldwork at a nursing care facility in Japan. This paper focuses on the practical issues of Indonesian care workers under the EPA scheme from the view points of the candidates and the Japanese language teacher. The purpose of this research is to clarify the present situation of the actual facility where they accept the candidates, and to try to discuss the ways of feasibly supporting candidates and the care site.Foreign care worker candidates under the EPA have been accepted since 2008, and they started On-the Job Training in various parts of Japan. However, this scheme has a lot of issues involving language, the system framework, communication in intercultural care, etc. Although it seems to not be concluded in arguments that relate to many fields, one particularly severe situation involves linguistic issues; acquiring Japanese language and the measures to pass the national examination.One of the findings throughout the fieldwork is the gap between the necessary support for Japanese language learning by candidates and the support given by the Japanese language teacher at the nursing care facility as a step toward the national examination. The analysis in this paper highlights the confusion of candidates who spend a few months at the facility after arriving and the limitation that the Japanese language teacher feels. Based on the views of actual members who are working at the care facility with candidates, this research aims at giving suggestions for practical support to candidates and the care site from the Japanese language teaching site.

著者

松原 憲治

出版者

広島大学大学院国際協力研究科

雑誌

国際協力研究誌 (ISSN:13410903)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, no.1, pp.103-112, 2008

被引用文献数

1

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Along with the world movement towards achieving Universal Primary Education,Zambia introduced Free Primary Education in 2002, covering grades 1 to 7.This new policy had put the abolition of PTA fees, which used to play a role in the cost-sharing of education, into effect. It has been contributing to the rapid increase of the enrollment at the primary level. In order to compensate decreased income of the basic schools, the Ministry of Education, Zambia, began to disburse a newly introduced school grant, called Sector Pool Fund, to the basic schools.The purpose of the paper is primarily to examine the impact of the abolition of the PTA fees in relation to existing partnership between local communities and basic schools in the rural and urban areas. In order to obtain qualitative data, interviews were conducted with headteachers and teachers at five basic schools in the rural and urban areas of Choma district in the southern province, Zambia.The results seemingly indicate that the abolition of the PTA fees has reduced the parents' burden of cost-sharing of education more in the urban areas than in the rural areas. It is reasonably presumed that the results also show that the tight guidelines on the use of Sector Pool Fund have made the partnership between the local communities and the basic schools less cooperative. As a result, some basic schools, especially in the rural areas, nowadays find it difficult to conduct major rehabilitation, which was once often assisted by the local communities. To regain active support from local communities, it would be suggested that they might be allowed to participate in school management when deciding the use of Sector Pool Fund.

著者

岩澤 孝子

出版者

広島大学大学院国際協力研究科

雑誌

国際協力研究誌 (ISSN:13410903)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.7, no.1, pp.37-58, 2001

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This article attemps to describe a dance which is considered as a sacred knowledge among classical dancers in Thailand. This is the reflection of their unique idea, wai khru, which means showing respect to the teacher and the ritual based on this idea. In Thailand wai khru is generally practised wherever they have a person to be recognized as a teacher in their own comunities. In these days, however, under the influence of the modernization, the idea that the teacher has a special power and knowledge respected by his/ her students/ disciples is gradually fading. Even in these currents of modern times, in Thailand there are still some communities which strictly continue to practice wai khru. As one example of those communities, we may consider the world of classical Thai dance, in particular their traditional practices around wai khru. A part of my argumant involves data which I acquired through participant observation and most is based on interviews with many classical Thai dancers, who are also teachers of dance performance at National College of Dramatic Arts, Bangkok.In a classical Thai dancer's community, the relationship between teacher and student/ disciple is very strict. The idea is said to have been introduced from India, which is the most important country for traditional Thai performances. This relationship is reinforced by three types of teacher they have: the living teacher, the dead teacher and the divine teacher. That is, in this community the idea of teacher, khru, excel our real world. The "divine teacher" means the deities and supernatural beings of Hinduism and Buddhism which are coincident with the supernatural characters of the classical stories such as "Ramayana" and "Mahabarata" introduced from India. In other words, the divine teacher is the ideal image of performances for those daners who mainly perform the classical stories.In wai khru ritual, the student/ disciple learns a special kind of dance called ram naphat and they can comprehend the sacred things of the Thai classical world through the transmission of that dance in the ritual. They believe that ram naphat has a magical power because the dance represents the image of the divine teacher. Ram naphat transmitted in the wai khru ritual give many kinds of knowledge to the student/ disciple: the technique of the dance, the total image of teacher and the religious aspects of the classical Thai dance world based on the idea, wai khru.In this paper, I offer one interpretation of the wai khru ritual in terms of the religious aspects of classical Thai dance. The interview data reveals that classical Thai dancers have three kinds of religious/ belief: Budddhism, Hinduism and an indigenious belief similar to the ancestor worship. Moreover these religious/ belief are integrated by the idea, wai khru.In Thailand there is generally the same religious syncretism as above. Ususally these religious elements aren't completely integrated under one authority. However, viewed this syncretism through wai khru, we might find it clear that the idea, wai khru integrates any beliefs with teacher itself and the image of the teacher. Moreover those beliefs are coincident with the sacered knowledge, which is the indespensable elements for the community based on the relationship between teacher and student/ disciple. In the classical Thai dance, the dancers recognize the sacred knowledge as a sacred dance that represents the image of teacher, who is a sacred being for dancers. As a result, the wai khru ritual becomes the door to the sacred knowledge, the sacred dance. Thus it has worked as the space of the special tranmission.The contents of this article are as follows:1. Introduction2. The object of this study: the traditional dance in Thailand3. The field of this study: National College of Dramatic Arts, Bangkok4. The wai khru ritual5. The idea of the teacher, khru, in this community6. The interpretation of the ritual7. The sacred knowledge in Thai classical dance

著者

川野 徳幸

出版者

広島大学国際協力研究科

雑誌

国際協力研究誌 (ISSN:13410903)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, no.1, pp.19-31, 2001

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There are two aims of this paper. The first purpose is to explore major political outcomes brought about by slipsof the tongue of the ministers in Japan. The other is to attempt at their empirical demonstration. As far as we know,few earlier studies in political language have attempted an actual validation of alleged effects of political language. The present paper shows political functions, political effects and political responsibilities of slips of the tongue ofthe ministers in Japan. Three major political functions and effects are a point of attack against the Government par-ties by the oppositions, cause of a split in the diplomatic relations between Japan and the countries concerned, desta-bilization of the foundation of coalition government. These three political functions or influences can be found inmost cases of slips of the tongue of the ministers. This paper also clarifies the political responsibilities of the minis-ters concerned. The ministers in question have never been appointed to posts of minister or to important posts in theDiet or LDP once they resigned from the ministerial position because of the slip of the tongue. They have, however,never lost their positions as a member of the Diet. This is because slips of the tongue have little effect on the elec-tions of the ministers. Why do the opposition parties use these slips of the tongue as an object of attack against the Government parties?Support expansion and vote acquisition will be plausible answers. This paper attempts to show whether these twofunctions work or not. For this purpose, it discusses the result of a national election, especially the rates of votes andthe number of elected persons, of the House of Representatives. The result shows that the political functions of sup-port expansion and vote acquisition work hardly in the medium and small electoral districts. However, PrimeMinister Yoshiro Mori's verbal missteps have a considerable effect on the election of proportional representation.

著者

Saito Kimio Kose Kuniji Soeweify

出版者

広島大学

雑誌

国際協力研究誌 (ISSN:13410903)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.1, no.1, pp.185-194, 1995-03-30

被引用文献数

1