Japan: Dr. Shochi’s trip around the world

Japan: Dr. Shochi's trip around the world

Posted 14 December 2008 5:38 GMT

Countries	Japan
Topics	Ideas, Education, Health, Youth, Humanitarian Response
Languages	Japanese

Japan

Follow the adventures of Dr. Shochi Saburo (曻地三郎), a 102 year-old Japanese Doctor of Literature, Doctor of Medicine, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy and Poet who came up with the Parent and Child Toymaking Class [en], a program that “brings out children’s sensitivity and intelligence, improves communication and the bond between parent and child”. Dr. Shochi has dedicated his whole life to providing educational facilities for mentally handicapped children and, among other things, in 1954 opened the Shiinomi Gakuen [しいのみ学園], Japan’s first school for mentally challenged children.

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13 February 2012

China

Ministry of Tofu translated a local reports about the poisoning of migratory birds in Hubei province. The dead birds are then headed for dining table in local restaurants.

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China

Roland Farris from Truthout argues that China could be understood as a fascist state with the extension of the role of the nation in all matters, including sports; a sense of national grievance as the core of national identity; the paranoid control of any potential opposition; and the rise of Han Chinese racism.

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12 February 2012

Myanmar (Burma)

Min Sun Min writes about the modern history of Myanmar by documenting the banknotes issued for Burma.

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Thailand

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11 February 2012

China

The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) reports that more than half of the 27 journalists imprisoned in China are ethnic Tibetan or Uyghur.

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Next time we will be there again :)