第6回 WORKSHOP（1月29日）

みなさんこんにちは。

週末は雪がかなり激しかったようですね

知人が金沢に旅行に行って、日曜の帰りのサンダーバードに閉じ込められたとのこと。降雪がとまらず、サンダーバードが雪に埋まって自衛隊が出動したそうです。

ただ、月曜は一日中北陸本線が運休で、まだ大阪に帰ってきていない

ようですね。

何度か飛行機で足止めを食ったことがあります。

１度目はアパレルメーカーで勤務していた１２，３年前。

異動後激務が続き、すべてリセットしてしまいたいという思いも入ってインドへ体感温度４５度以上になる、ガンジス川が流れるヴァラナシで血尿まで出してふらふらになって、ようやく脱出してタイのバンコクでストップオーバーしました。

２泊の自堕落な生活をして、もう東京に帰る日に。

後ろ髪ひかれる思いで夜１２時に出発する便に乗るために今は懐かしいドンムアン空港につくと、長蛇の列ができていました。

どうやら東京が台風で、飛行機が飛ばないようでした

あのころは勝手なイメージで飛行機が飛ばないなら航空会社がホテルを用意してくれたり、いろいろ手厚くしてくれるのかしら、とずうずうしく予想していたのですが、３時間ほどチェックインカウンターで待ってからいただいたのは「コーラとサンドイッチ」

でも台風の襲来は航空会社もいい迷惑ですよね。勝手にワクワクしていたのはぼくのほうですもん（笑）あとで業界の方に聞いたら「コーラもらえただけずーっとマシです」とのこと。

そのあとなんとか台風一過したようで、朝５時に無事にドンムアンを出発。

東京に着く前にいただいた本場のカレーはおいしかったですよ、Mさんｗｗ

前置きが長くなりましたが、１月２９日workshopの報告をさせていただきます！

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今回は出席希望者が６０人以上もおられて、スタッフもどうなることか、と思っておりましたがインフルエンザの影響などもあり、最終的には４７名のご参加がありました。

今回のマテリアル作成担当は幹事メンバーのNさんです。

後半の「新防衛大綱」の話題はかなり手ごわいマテリアルでした。

できるだけデータや映像でわかりやすく説明するために今回は戦力の数字のデータやyou tubeでの英語ニュースを確認してからディスカッションにうつりました。

対中国（南西諸島）への防衛力シフトや武器輸出三原則の見直しに関しての問題は今後の日本の安全保障政策のなかでも非常に重要な問題であります。上級テーブルでは核兵器の所持の是非に関する話題まで広がり盛り上がりました。最後のQである「なぜ日本人は安全保障問題に関して関心が薄いのか」は、日本人の文化、メンタリティを改めて考えさせられる

ものでした。

今回は前回に続き、後半を初心者用マテとの２枚看板で行い、「もしあなたにドラえもんの道具が使えたら」でディスカッションしていただきました。

マテリアル作成者のNさん曰く、「こちらのマテのほうが出来がよかった」そうです（笑）

懇親会も３５人の方がお越しくださいました！

それでは今回のworkshopの案内メールをご覧ください～

＜英語サークル　E’s club　第６回学習会のご案内＞
お待たせいたしました。第６回学習会の詳細をお送りします

<First half>
1.　著名人で言えば誰が理想の上司？
 Among favorite people, who do you think is ideal for your boss?
2.　あなたの上司はどんな人? 上司に満足してる？
 What kind of character does your boss have ? Are you satisfied with your boss?
3.　こんな会社（サークル、研究室）辞めてやる！と思ったことはありますか？エピソードを交えて教えて。
 Have you ever thought of resigning your company (or a club, laboratory)? Tell us the situation.
4.　E’sでやりたいことあれば教えて。
If you have anything you want to do in this club, E’s , introduce your idea.
　
<Latter half>
[AGENDA]
DO YOU APPRECIATE the new defense strategy of the DPJ government?

Q1. Are you for or against the Japanese ban of exporting weapons?Q2. Do you think Japanese defense power is enough under current circumstances? Why?

Q3.
　If you answered “yes” to Q2, how can we protect islands distant from the mainland of Japan?
  If you answered “no” to Q2, to what extent should we enlarge the Defense forces?
  How can we keep good relationships with nearby countries with enough defense force?
 
Q4. Why do you think the Japanese tend to avoid discussion on national defense?

○参考記事
＜記者の目：「動的防衛力」に転換した防衛大綱＝坂口裕彦＞
http://mainichi.jp/select/opinion/eye/news/20110111k0000m070116000c.html
＜新防衛大綱の焦点は対中戦略：上杉　隆（ジャーナリスト）＞
http://news.goo.ne.jp/article/php/politics/php-20101218-01.html

Defense strategy says China’s rise is a ‘concern’
The Asahi Shimbun 2010/12/08A new 10-year defense plan approved by the Cabinet on Friday describes China’s burgeoning military power as a “matter of concern” for other countries in East Asia, and calls for more mobile and flexible Self-Defense Forces to respond to the new threats facing Japan.
The National Defense Program Guidelines document maps out Japan’s grand strategy for the 2010s and is the first such strategy to be penned by a Democratic Party of Japan-led government.
It calls the military emergence of China as a “matter of concern both for the region and the international community” and, despite the DPJ’s oft-repeated criticism of previous Liberal Democratic Party administrations for following the United States, it places greater emphasis on the U.S. alliance than its predecessors.
The Kan Cabinet also approved the Mid-Term Defense Program, a projection of defense spending over the next five years, on Friday.
In that period, total defense spending is estimated at 23.49 trillion yen ($276 billion). Average annual defense spending is expected to increase by about 0.1 percent, compared with the fiscal 2010 budget. The 2005-2009 Mid-Term Defense Program saw cuts in annual defense spending.
The new strategy emphasizes “dynamic defense capabilities” that stress mobility and rapid response by the Self-Defense Forces. It also calls for strengthening of the defense of the Nansei island chain that lies off the south of Kyushu and extends to close to Taiwan. Both are clear reflections of concerns about China’s emerging military presence in the region. The disputed Senkaku Islands, which were the focus of a spat with China in September, are in the Nansei region.
The guidelines propose increasing the deployment of submarines in the area and the use of surveillance units to keep an eye on shipping in the area.
In April, a total of 10 Chinese naval vessels moved through waters that separate the main Okinawa island from Miyakojima island as part of a maritime military exercise that extended from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean. A Maritime SDF destroyer monitored the exercise from a distance of 4,000 to 5,000 meters.
Ship-based helicopters on two occasions veered dangerously close to the destroyer. On one occasion, a helicopter hovered about 90 meters horizontally and at a height of 30 meters.
After that incident, the governments of Japan and China resumed discussions to establish a maritime communications system to avoid accidents between the MSDF and the Chinese navy in the East China Sea.
However, one high-ranking Defense Ministry official expressed doubts that an agreement can be reached.
“The Chinese want to place restrictions on Japan’s surveillance because they consider it a bother,” the official said. “On the other hand, the United States does not want any restrictions on Japan.”
China’s increasing assertiveness is also the primary reason the guidelines call for a comprehensive review of the “Basic Defense Force Concept,” which long served as the cornerstone of Japan’s defense policy.
A key element of that concept was an even and uniform deployment of the SDF across Japan’s territory, but the shift to the south of Japan’s defense focus and the emphasis on rapid deployment may force a rethink.
The guidelines talk about units being deployed away from their assigned bases to respond to terrorists and to defend outlying islands. These passages appear to be referring not only to North Korea, which continues with nuclear weapon and ballistic missile development, but also Beijing, which has rapidly expanded its activities in the East China Sea and South China Sea.
The focus on China partly reflects the policy of the United States. In the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) released by the U.S. Defense Department in February, concerns were raised about how China’s increasing military capabilities were threatening the projection of U.S. power in the western Pacific.
The United States could be prevented from operating in the region if China’s submarines expanded their activities in the Pacific or if China developed anti-ship ballistic missiles that could hit aircraft carriers.
To achieve closer cooperation with the United States, the guidelines call for greater cooperation in ballistic missile defense, joint military training exercises and joint surveillance activities.
But the guidelines also state that the influence of the United States is changing relative to the growing power of nations such as China, India and Russia, and indicate that Japan will have to shoulder more of a defense burden.
The guidelines also call for greater cooperation with Australia and South Korea, two other American allies.
The new strategy does not, however, deliver the review of Japan’s ban of weapons exports for which Washington has long been asking.
The guidelines do state that a major trend among advanced nations is international joint development and production of weapons because of the higher costs and functions of the most advanced weapons, and call for discussion about how to respond to the trends. But there is no attempt to reverse the ban.
A statement was released under the name of Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku Friday saying that the government would continue to abide by the three principles on weapons exports.
The statement also called for the compilation of a medium- and long-term strategy to maintain and bolster defense production and technology.
China on Friday blasted Japan for singling out Beijing in its new defense guidelines and raising concerns about its emerging military presence.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement, “An individual nation has no right to make irresponsible statements about China’s development, acting as though it represents the international community.”
There has been strong interest in China about the new defense guidelines, with one Chinese expert on Japan urging caution against worsening friction between the two nations.
Jiang added, “China’s national defense policy is for defensive purposes only, and China has no intention of becoming a threat to anyone.”
One reason for the criticism by Beijing is that U.S. strategy toward China is reflected in the defense guidelines. The QDR focused on China’s military strategy in the western Pacific, and the proposals in the defense guidelines about strengthening the defense of the Nansei island chain are influenced by the QDR.

Gist of the new National Defense Program Guidelines
– North Korea’s military movements are a major element of instability. The modernization of China’s military power and strengthening of its capabilities are matters of concern for the region and the international community.
– Highly mobile forces capable of rapid deployment should be developed.
– Cold War-era weapons and personnel deployments should be phased out. Surveillance, maritime patrol, air defense and ballistic missile defense capabilities should be improved.
– Units should be deployed to outlying islands where there is now no presence.
– Defenses against cyber attacks should be strengthened
– A unit in the prime minister’s office to coordinate policy among Cabinet ministers and to provide advice to the prime minister should be set up.
– Measures to avoid friction due to U.S. military bases in Japan should be introduced.
– Japan should debate how to deal with the trend toward the multinational development and production of weapons.

[初心者向けマテリアル]
Q1　どこでもドアが使えたら、どこに行きたい？
 Where do you want to go, if you can use ‘Dokodemo Door’?
Q2　タイムマシンが使えたら、何時に行きたい？
 Which era do you want to visit, if you can use ‘Time Machine’?
Q3　あなたのお勧めのドラえもんの道具を、テレビショッピング風に紹介して。
 Introduce some Doraemon tool you recommend, as if you are a sales person on TV show.

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